Dictionary 1. (n.) The use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; a roundabout, or indirect, way of speaking; circumlocution.2. (v. t.) To express by paraphrase or circumlocution. 3. (v. i.) To use circumlocution. Thesaurus anfractuosity bypass circuit circuitousness circumambages circumbendibus circumlocution circumvolution convolution crinkle crinkling detour deviation deviousness digression excursion flexuosity flexuousness indirection intorsion involution meander meandering obliqueness periphrase periphrasis rivulation roundabout roundabout way roundaboutness sinuation sinuosity sinuousness slinkiness snakiness torsion tortility tortuosity tortuousness turning twisting undulation wave waving winding |
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