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circumlocutory

🇬🇧 UK/.sә:kәm'lɒkjutәri/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

adj.

Using more words than necessary; expressing things in a roundabout, indirect way

拐弯抹角的,迂回的,冗长的

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
circumaround
+
locuplace
+
tconnector
+
oryrelating to, connected with
=circumlocutory

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    His circumlocutory style made the speech tedious.

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