circumlocutory

as inindirect
as inoblique
as inroundabout
as inverbose
as indiffuse

Synonyms for circumlocutory

adj roundabout; unintended

Antonyms for circumlocutory

Word Origin & History

c.1400, from Latin circumlocutionem (nominative circumlocutio) "a speaking around" (the topic), from circum- "around" (see circum-) + locutionem (nominative locutio) "a speaking," noun of action from past participle stem of loqui "to speak" (see locution). A loan-translation of Greek periphrasis (see periphrasis).

Example Sentences for circumlocutory

Herbert has a circumlocutory manner over the phone which irritates me.

To come to the point, without any circumlocutory delay, I am a young man with aspirations far above my station in life.

Allusions were made to it in a circumlocutory style: "The place you know—a certain street—at the bottom of the Bridges."

Certainly I was born under Cancer, and all my movements are circumlocutory, sideways, and crab-like.

The practice thus forced upon one in employing a Chinese servant is useful in preventing a circumlocutory habit of speech.

Another lot sneered at this circumlocutory and unsatisfactory process of argument.

He hears real discussion; he learns to pick men for higher work; and saves many hours of circumlocutory writing.

It is only thus that we can become free—by a circumlocutory process of self-abnegation, self-sacrifice and self-annihilation.

Certainly I was born under the Cancer, and all my movements are circumlocutory, sideways, and crab-like.

Stammering becomes more eloquent than oratory, a child's impulsiveness wiser than circumlocutory experience.

circumlocutory

Synonyms for circumlocutory

Antonyms for circumlocutory

More words related to circumlocutory

diffuse

indirect

oblique

roundabout

verbose