| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Tending to circumvent; deceiving by artifices; deluding.[Websters]
2. Being artful. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Being insidious or treacherous. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb circumventively.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (circumventively) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective circumventive.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "CIRCUMVENTIVE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
Specialty Definition: CIRCUMVENTIVE
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Adjective] Deceiving by artifices; deluding.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Adjective] evading or overcoming some protective measure. A circumventive unauthorised user was accessing secure information. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
