circumlocutory

dull lavish long loose meandering rambling waffling

copious diffusive digressive discursive exuberant lengthy long-winded palaverous profuse prolix random redundant vague verbose windy

clear

abbreviated abridged brief compact compressed concentrated confined limited restricted short succinct

ambiguous ancillary circuitous implied incidental oblique tortuous

collateral

circular complicated contingent crooked devious discursive duplicitous erratic eventual long long way home long-drawn-out long-winded meandering obscure out-of-the-way periphrastic rambling secondary serpentine sidelong sinister sinuous snaking sneaking sneaky subsidiary twisting underhand vagrant wandering winding zigzag

direct straight straightforward

backhanded vague

circular collateral roundabout twisting

circuitous devious implied obliquitous obscure sidelong

direct

forthright straightforward

circular collateral oblique

ambiguous circuitous deviating devious discursive evasive meandering obliquitous periphrastic taking the long way tortuous

direct

honest straightforward

bombastic diffuse flowery full of air fustian gabby garrulous grandiloquent involved loquacious magniloquent palaverous periphrastic pleonastic prolix redundant repeating repetitious repetitive rhetorical talkative talky tautological tautologous tedious tortuous windy yacking

concise succinct