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Circumlocutory
see synonyms of circumlocutoryAdjective
1. ambagious, circumlocutious, circumlocutory, periphrastic
roundabout and unnecessarily wordy
Example Sentences:'had a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expression''A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With words and meanings.'
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