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Noun
- 1. circumlocution, periphrasis, ambage, verboseness, verbosity
- usage: a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things
- 2. circumlocution, indirect expression, evasion, equivocation
- usage: an indirect way of expressing something
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Definition and meaning of circumlocution (Dictionary)