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circumlocutious

DEFINITIONS OF: circumlocutious

1

adj roundabout and unnecessarily wordy

“had a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expression”
Synonyms:
ambagious, circumlocutory, periphrastic
indirect
extended senses; not direct in manner or language or behavior or action
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