circumlocutory
Meaning of circumlocutory
adjective
- using many words where fewer would do, especially in a deliberate attempt to be vague or evasive; long-winded.
he has a meandering, circumlocutory speaking style
Information about circumlocutory
- It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of circumlocutory
cir-cum-lo-cu-tory
- It consists of 5 syllables and 14 chars.
- circumlocutory is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
circumlocutory synonyms
Meaning circumlocutious:
circumlocutious, periphrastic, ambagious
Meaning (of a route or journey) longer than the most direct way:
Meaning not directly caused by or resulting from something:
Meaning not saying what is meant clearly and directly; circumlocutory:
Meaning containing or characterized by repetition, especially when unnecessary or tiresome:
Meaning another term for repetitive:
Meaning lacking clarity or conciseness:
Meaning digressing from subject to subject:
Meaning (of speech or writing) using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy:
Meaning using or expressed in more words than are needed:
Meaning using or expressed in rather too many words:
Meaning (of writing or speech) lengthy and confused or inconsequential:
Meaning travelling aimlessly from place to place; itinerant:
Meaning full of twists and turns:
Words that rhyme with circumlocutory
Tory, tory, Batory, Oratory, Proinflammatory, Purgatory, Vesicatory, abbreviatory, abjuratory, absolvatory, acceleratory, acclamatory, accusatory, adjudicatory, adjuratory, adoratory, adulatory, advisatory, advocatory, affirmatory, aggregatory, aleatory, alleviatory, amatory, ambulatory, amelioratory, amendatory, amplificatory, annihilatory, annotatory, annunciatory, anovulatory, anticipatory, antiinflammatory, antiovulatory, antiregulatory, antivibratory, appellatory, applicatory, appreciatory, approbatory, aratory, aregeneratory, argumentatory, articulatory, aspiratory, assentatory, asseveratory, assimilatory, associatory
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