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91prolix — a. 1. Diffuse, wordy, verbose, circumlocutory, prosaic, loose, long, lengthy, lengthened out, full of detail, prolonged, protracted, long spun, spun out, long winded, discursive, rambling, not concise. 2. Tiresome, tedious, wearisome …
92circumlocution — noun (C, U) formal the practice of using too many words to express an idea, instead of saying it directly circumlocutory adjective …
93circuitous — adjective 1) a circuitous route Syn: roundabout, indirect, winding, meandering, serpentine, tortuous Ant: direct, straight 2) a circuitous discussion Syn: indir …
94diffuse — 1. verb such ideas were diffused widely in the 1970s Syn: spread, spread around, send out, disseminate, scatter, disperse, distribute, put about, circulate, communicate, purvey, propagate, transmit, broadcast, promulgate See note at …
95discursive — adjective 1) dull, discursive prose Syn: rambling, digressive, meandering, wandering, maundering, diffuse, long, lengthy, wordy, verbose, long winded, prolix; circuitous, roundabout, circumlocutory; informal waffly A …
96euphemistic — adjective the textbooks reportedly use the euphemistic term advance instead of invade to describe Japan s takeover of the Korean Peninsula Syn: polite, substitute, mild, understated, indirect, neutral, evasive; diplomatic, inoffensive, genteel;… …
97oblique — adjective 1) an oblique line Syn: slanting, slanted, sloping, at an angle, angled, diagonal, aslant, slant, slantwise, skew, askew, cater cornered, kitty corner Ant: straight …
98periphrastic — adjective the periphrastic nature of legal syntax Syn: circumlocutory, circuitous, roundabout, indirect, tautological, pleonastic, prolix, verbose, wordy, long winded, rambling, wandering, tortuous, diffuse …
99rambling — adjective 1) a rambling speech Syn: long winded, verbose, wordy, prolix; digressive, maundering, roundabout, circuitous, tortuous, circumlocutory; disconnected, disjointed, incoherent Ant: concise …
100roundabout — adjective 1) a roundabout route Syn: circuitous, indirect, meandering, serpentine, tortuous Ant: direct, straight 2) I asked in a roundabout sort of way Syn: indirect …
