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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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Still, we’ve a long way to go before online consumers get an amazing experience.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

Experts agree broad adoption seems a long way off.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

Lizete González, a Mexico fan, said the city has a long way to go to fulfill its promises.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Though things looked good for him as the count got going on Tuesday night and on Wednesday, Pratt always had a long way to go.

From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026

Seeing black people graduate from Harvard and Yale and become CEOs or corporate lawyers—not to mention president of the United States—causes us all to marvel at what a long way we have come.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

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