Definition of "circumlocutional" []

• Of or relating to circumlocution : circumlocutionary. (adjective)

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• "It was in vain that her mother had explained with many circumlocutional phrases, that the fitness in this respect should be accommodated rather to the plebeian husband than to the noble parent."
• "I answered briskly, for there was no time to be circumlocutional."
• "Read together with my matter-of-fact statements, Liszt's hyperbolical and circumlocutional poetic prose will not be misunderstood by the reader."