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circumlocution

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Example Sentences

On Monday, Mitt Romney stumbled into another ugly-yet-true circumlocution.

Mr. Kedge, without any circumlocution, asked whether he remembered any clerk of the name of Gordon having been in the house.

I took him outside the camp and without any circumlocution related the facts concerning his sister and Kirst.

He always disdained circumlocution, prided himself upon the directness and simplicity of his address.

The Polish composer Sowinski declared without circumlocution that Chopin "wrote admirably for the orchestra."

I have little time and no taste for circumlocution; I cannot conceal from myself that I am no favorite with your sister.

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On this page you'll find 30 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to circumlocution, such as: diffuseness, discursiveness, euphemism, indirectness, periphrasis, and pleonasm.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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