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long way

ADJECTIVE

circuitous

Synonyms

STRONGEST

devious labyrinthine meandering rambling tortuous

WEAK

ambagious back road by way of circular collateral complicated long way around oblique roundabout winding around

Antonyms

STRONGEST

direct straight straightforward

WEAK

in line

VERB

digress

Synonyms

STRONGEST

meander

STRONG

aberrate depart divagate drift ramble roam swerve veer wander

WEAK

be diffuse beat about the bush circumlocute excurse get off the point get off the subject get sidetracked go by way of go off on a tangent turn aside wander away

Antonyms

STRONG

go direct stay

WEAK

be direct

Example Sentences

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It was a very long way out of that.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

“We still have a long way to go,” he adds.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

Yet even he concedes that simple changes to lifestyle and diet can go a long way.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

"I can say Ferguson is the greatest of all time but Pep, in his generation, is certainly the best by a long way."

From BBC • May 19, 2026

The mast suddenly seemed a long way away, but just beside her was a metal ring with a rope through it.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr