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circumlocutory
adjective as in diffuse
adjective as in indirect
Strongest matches
Strong match
Weak matches
adjective as in oblique
Strongest matches
Strong matches
adjective as in roundabout
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Example Sentences
To come to the point, without any circumlocutory delay, I am a young man with aspirations far above my station in life.
It will require perhaps a little circumlocutory exposition to show this, but here it is.
Certainly I was born under Cancer, and all my movements are circumlocutory, sideways, and crab-like.
He hears real discussion; he learns to pick men for higher work; and saves many hours of circumlocutory writing.
It is only thus that we can become free—by a circumlocutory process of self-abnegation, self-sacrifice and self-annihilation.
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On this page you'll find 145 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to circumlocutory, such as: dull, lavish, long, loose, meandering, and rambling.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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