NOM | communication | circumloqui, circumlocució, perífrasi, perífrasis | a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things |
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communication | circumloqui, circumlocució | an indirect way of expressing something |
Sentit | A style that involves indirect ways of expressing things. | |
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Sinònims | circumlocució, perífrasi, perífrasis | |
General | facúndia, verbositat | An expressive style that uses excessive or empty words |
Anglès | circumlocution, periphrasis, ambage | |
Espanyol | ambage, circunlocución, perífrasis | |
Adjectius | perifràstic | roundabout and unnecessarily wordy |
Sentit | An indirect way of expressing something. | |
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Sinònim | circumlocució | |
General | equívoc, evasió | A statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth |
Anglès | circumlocution, indirect expression | |
Espanyol | circunlocución, circunloquio | |
Adjectius | perifràstic | roundabout and unnecessarily wordy |
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