Meaning of circumlocutory

Information about circumlocutory

• It is an adjective.
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  • English

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:

circuitous

Meaning not directly caused by or resulting from something:

indirect

Meaning not saying what is meant clearly and directly; circumlocutory:

roundabout

Meaning containing or characterized by repetition, especially when unnecessary or tiresome:

repetitive

Meaning another term for repetitive:

repetitious

Meaning lacking clarity or conciseness:

diffuse

Meaning digressing from subject to subject:

discursive

Meaning (of speech or writing) using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy:

prolix

Meaning using or expressed in more words than are needed:

verbose

Meaning using or expressed in rather too many words:

wordy

Meaning (of writing or speech) lengthy and confused or inconsequential:

rambling

Meaning travelling aimlessly from place to place; itinerant:

wandering

Meaning full of twists and turns:

tortuous

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