kiertävä — meaning in English

English meaning

• devious adj Dishonest and cunning; willing to use underhand methods to get what one wants.
• itinerant adj Travelling from place to place regularly, especially for work.

Senses

kiertävä is used for these senses in English:

• circumflex Curving around.
• circumforaneous Wandering from place to place or market to market.
• devious (literal, archaic) Roundabout, circuitous, deviating from the direct or ordinary route.
• itinerant Habitually travelling from place to place. [from 1560s]

devious — full definition

1. adj Dishonest and cunning; willing to use underhand methods to get what one wants.
2. adj Indirect or roundabout, rather than going straight to the point.

itinerant — full definition

1. adj Travelling from place to place regularly, especially for work.
2. noun A person who travels from place to place rather than settling down.

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