WordNet: ambage, circumlocution, periphrasis
a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things
- hypernym verboseness, verbosity
ambage
- (englanti) ambagious (derivationally related)
- (suomi) kiertoilmausten käyttö (synonyymi)
circumlocution
- (englanti) circumlocutious (derivationally related)
- (suomi) kiertely (synonyymi)
periphrasis
- (englanti) periphrastic (derivationally related)
- (suomi) perifraasi (synonyymi)