NOUN | communication | circumlocution, periphrasis, ambage | a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things |
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communication | circumlocution, indirect expression | an indirect way of expressing something |
Meaning | A style that involves indirect ways of expressing things. | |
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Synonyms | periphrasis, ambage | |
Broader | verboseness, verbosity | An expressive style that uses excessive or empty words |
Spanish | ambage, circunlocución, perífrasis | |
Catalan | circumlocució, circumloqui, perífrasi, perífrasis | |
Adjectives | circumlocutious | roundabout and unnecessarily wordy |
Meaning | An indirect way of expressing something. | |
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Synonym | indirect expression | |
Broader | evasion, equivocation | A statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth |
Spanish | circunlocución, circunloquio | |
Catalan | circumlocució, circumloqui | |
Adjectives | circumlocutious | roundabout and unnecessarily wordy |
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