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circumlocutory a. 委婉曲折的,迂回的 委婉曲折的,迂回的 circumlocutory adj 1: roundabout and unnecessarily wordy; "had a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expression"; "A periphrastic study in a worn- out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With words and meanings."-T.S.Eliot; (`ambagious' is archaic) [synonym: {circumlocutious}, {circumlocutory}, {periphrastic}, {ambagious}] Circumlocutory \Cir`cum*loc"u*to*ry\, a.
Characterised by circumlocution; periphrastic. --Shenstone. [1913 Webster] The officials set to work in regular circumlocutory order. --Chambers's Journal. [1913 Webster]
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