Definition & Meaning of "circumlocutory"in English

circumlocutory

using unnecessarily long or indirect language, often to avoid directly addressing a point or to be vague

cumbersome

long

long-winded

pleonastic

prolix

Grammatical Information

Composition

Compound

qualitative

Superlative

most circumlocutory

Comparative

more circumlocutory

gradable

domain

language, communication, style

Examples

His circumlocutory explanation only confused the audience further.

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