circumlocutory

Letters that make circumlocutory

o, l, c, m, r, t, i, u, y are letters that make 'circumlocutory'

Words within circumlocutory

OR, cum, Tory, IR, ml, Ci, ut, cut, ci, tor, Cu, Ir, UT are words within 'circumlocutory'


1 possible definitions for 'circumlocutory'

Circumlocutory as "roundabout and unnecessarily wordy, (`ambagious' is archaic)"

Under this definition, circumlocutory is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

circumlocutious, periphrastic, ambagious have the same meaning as 'circumlocutory'

Derivatives of circumlocutory

circumlocution, indirect expression, periphrasis, ambage are derivatives of 'circumlocutory'.

Similar to circumlocutory

indirect is similar to circumlocutory.

Example of circumlocutory used within this context

"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



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