circumlocutional
Look at other dictionaries:
Circumlocutional — Cir cum*lo*cu tion*al, a. Relating to, or consisting of, circumlocutions; periphrastic; circuitous. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
circumlocutional — adj. overly wordy, indirect, roundabout (pertaining to speech) … English contemporary dictionary
circumlocutional — cir·cum·lo·cu·tion·al … English syllables
circumlocutional — adjective see circumlocution * * * circumlocūˈtional or circumlocūˈtionary adjective • • • Main Entry: ↑circumlocution … Useful english dictionary
circumlocution — circumlocutory /serr keuhm lok yeuh tawr ee, tohr ee/, circumlocutional, circumlocutionary, adj. /serr keuhm loh kyooh sheuhn/, n. 1. a roundabout or indirect way of speaking; the use of more words than necessary to express an idea. 2. a… … Universalium
circumlocutious — adjective circumlocutional … Wiktionary
circuitous — Synonyms and related words: O shaped, aberrant, aberrative, ambagious, anfractuous, backhand, backhanded, circular, circumlocutional, circumlocutory, collateral, convolutional, deflectional, departing, desultory, deviant, deviating, deviative,… … Moby Thesaurus
indirect — Synonyms and related words: O shaped, aberrant, aberrative, accessory, accidental, additional, adscititious, adventitious, ambagious, amoral, ancillary, artful, backhand, backhanded, calculating, chiseling, circuitous, circular, circumambient,… … Moby Thesaurus
oblique — Synonyms and related words: O shaped, across, ambagious, angle, angle off, angling, askew, aslant, athwart, atilt, awry, backhand, backhanded, banked, banking, bear off, bend, bias, cambered, canted, canting, circuitous, circular,… … Moby Thesaurus
rambling — Synonyms and related words: Greek to one, Wanderjahr, aberrancy, aberrant, aberration, aberrative, adrift, afloat, afoot and lighthearted, aimless, aimlessness, alternating, ambagious, ambiguous, amorphous, babbling, bend, beyond understanding,… … Moby Thesaurus
