circumferential

circumferential
/seuhr kum'feuh ren"sheuhl/, adj.
1. of, at, or near the circumference; surrounding; lying along the outskirts.
2. lying within the circumference.
3. circuitous; indirect: a circumferential manner of speech.
[1600-10; < L circumferenti(a) CIRCUMFERENCE + -AL1]

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