| NOUN | communication | circumlocution, periphrasis, ambage | a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things |
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| communication | circumlocution, indirect expression | an indirect way of expressing something |
| Meaning | A style that involves indirect ways of expressing things. | |
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| Synonyms | periphrasis, ambage | |
| Broader | verboseness, verbosity | An expressive style that uses excessive or empty words |
| Adjectives | circumlocutious | roundabout and unnecessarily wordy |
| Meaning | An indirect way of expressing something. | |
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| Synonym | indirect expression | |
| Broader | evasion, equivocation | A statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth |
| Adjectives | circumlocutious | roundabout and unnecessarily wordy |