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Synonyms for periphrastic
ˌpɛr əˈfræs tɪkpe·riphrastic
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Princeton's WordNet
circumlocutious, circumlocutory, periphrastic, ambagiousadjective
roundabout and unnecessarily wordy
"had a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expression"; "A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With words and meanings."-T.S.Eliot; (`ambagious' is archaic)
Synonyms:
ambagious, circumlocutory, circumlocutiousAntonyms:
direct
Dictionary of English Synonymes
periphrasticadjective
Synonyms:
circumlocutory
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