Circumlocutory
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Characterised by circumlocution; periphrastic. Shenstone.The officials set to work in regular circumlocutory order. Chambers'sJournal.
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relating to something said in an indirect way:
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Using many words where fewer would do, especially in a deliberate attempt to be vague or evasive; long-winded.
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