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Synonyms for "circumlocutory" in English

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circumlocutory:
- ambagious; circumlocutious; circumlocutory; periphrastic

English

Detailed Synonyms for circumlocutory in English

circumlocutory:

circumlocutory adj

circumlocutory

– roundabout and unnecessarily wordy ¹
ambagious; circumlocutious; circumlocutory; periphrastic
– roundabout and unnecessarily wordy ¹
- ambagious adj
- circumlocutious adj
  - had a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expression¹
- circumlocutory adj
  - had a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expression¹
- periphrastic adj
  - A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With words and meanings.¹

Alternate Synonyms for "circumlocutory":

circumlocutious; periphrastic; ambagious; indirect

Related Definitions for "circumlocutory":

roundabout and unnecessarily wordy¹
- had a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expression¹

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University