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Circumlocutory   Listen
adjective
Circumlocutory  adj.  Characterised by circumlocution; periphrastic. "The officials set to work in regular circumlocutory order."






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Circumlocutory" Quotes from Famous Books



... his eyes, not knowing how it was that he had thus been thrown out of his direct road. He began again, in his circumlocutory delicacy: "Never mind; help or no help, what th' old farmer feels is—and quite nat'ral. There's sensations as a father, and sensations as a man; and what th' old ...
— The Shaving of Shagpat • George Meredith



Words linked to "Circumlocutory" :   indirect, circumlocutious, periphrastic



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