| ADJETIVO | all | perifrástico | roundabout and unnecessarily wordy |
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| Sentido | roundabout and unnecessarily wordy; ('ambagious' is archaic). | |
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| General | indirecto | Extended senses |
| Inglés | circumlocutious, circumlocutory, periphrastic, ambagious | |
| Catalán | perifràstic | |
| Nombres | ambage, circunlocución, perífrasis | A style that involves indirect ways of expressing things |
| circunlocución, circunloquio | An indirect way of expressing something | |
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