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    circumlocutory

    circumlocutory - Dictionary definition and meaning for word circumlocutory

    Definition
    (adj) roundabout and unnecessarily wordy
    Example Sentence
    • 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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