circumlocutious (s)
circumlocutory (s)
periphrastic (s)
ambagious (s)

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type s
lex_filenum 00
def roundabout and unnecessarily wordy
def (`ambagious' is archaic)
examples 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. T.S.Eliot
Outgoing links
Similar to indirect
Derivationally related form ambagious → ambage
Derivationally related form periphrastic → periphrasis
Derivationally related form circumlocutious → circumlocution; circumlocutious → circumlocution
Incoming links
Similar to indirect
Derivationally related form circumlocution → circumlocutious; circumlocution → circumlocutious
Derivationally related form ambage → ambagious
Derivationally related form periphrasis → periphrastic

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