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Instances of indirectness or deviousness in speaking or writing: circumlocutions.
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circumambages
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circumambages — cir·cum·ambages … English syllables
circumambages — … Useful english dictionary
circumambagious — adjective see circumambages * * * circumambāˈgious / jəs/ adjective Roundabout in speech • • • Main Entry: ↑circumambages … Useful english dictionary
circumambagious — adjective Of or relating to circumambages : circumlocutionary … Wiktionary
ambages — Synonyms and related words: anfractuosity, bypass, circuit, circuitousness, circumambages, circumbendibus, circumlocution, circumvolution, convolution, crinkle, crinkling, detour, deviation, deviousness, digression, excursion, flexuosity,… … Moby Thesaurus
circumlocution — Synonyms and related words: ambages, anfractuosity, circling, circuition, circuitousness, circuitry, circularity, circulation, circumambages, circumambience, circumambiency, circumambulation, circumbendibus, circumflexion, circummigration,… … Moby Thesaurus
crinkle — Synonyms and related words: ambages, anfractuosity, bristle, circuitousness, circumambages, circumbendibus, circumlocution, circumvolution, cocker, cockle, contort, convolution, corkscrew, corrugate, corrugation, crankle, crease, crimp, crimple,… … Moby Thesaurus
involution — Synonyms and related words: absorption, addition, ambages, anfractuosity, approximation, circuitousness, circumambages, circumbendibus, circumlocution, circumvolution, comedown, complexity, complexness, complication, convolution, crabbedness,… … Moby Thesaurus
meander — Synonyms and related words: Chinese puzzle, Gordian knot, Rube Goldberg contraption, S curve, ambages, amble, anfractuosity, bat around, bend, bending, bends, bow, bowing, bum, can of worms, circuitousness, circumambages, circumbendibus,… … Moby Thesaurus
meandering — Synonyms and related words: Byzantine, O shaped, aberrant, aberrative, affluent, aimlessness, ambages, ambagious, anfractuosity, anfractuous, backhanded, balled up, bent, billowing, billowy, circling, circuition, circuitous, circuitousness,… … Moby Thesaurus
