circumlocutory

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1. circumlocutory - Adjective

2. circumlocutory - Adjective Satellite

Characterised by circumlocution; periphrastic.

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circumlocutious periphrastic ambagious gabby serpentine long crooked sigmoid circular indirect lengthy diffuse winding redundant oblique

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curt foursquare elliptic telegraphic close direct

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had a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expression Source: Internet

A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With words and meanings. Source: Internet