Antonyms for circumlocutory

Grammar : Adj

Spell : sur-kuhm-loh-kyoo-shuhn

Phonetic Transcription : ˌsɜr kəm loʊˈkyu ʃən

Definition of circumlocutory

Origin : c.1400, from Latin circumlocutionem (nominative circumlocutio) "a speaking around" (the topic), from circum- "around" (see circum-) + locutionem (nominative locutio) "a speaking," noun of action from past participle stem of loqui "to speak" (see locution). A loan-translation of Greek periphrasis (see periphrasis).

As in indirect : adj roundabout; unintended
As in oblique : adj indirect, evasive
As in roundabout : adj indirect
As in verbose : adj wordy, long-winded
As in diffuse : adj wordy

Example sentences :

Herbert has a circumlocutory manner over the phone which irritates me.
Extract from : « Sight Unseen » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

To come to the point, without any circumlocutory delay, I am a young man with aspirations far above my station in life.
Extract from : « Ruth Hall » by Fanny Fern

Allusions were made to it in a circumlocutory style: "The place you know—a certain street—at the bottom of the Bridges."
Extract from : « Sentimental Education, Volume II » by Gustave Flaubert

Certainly I was born under Cancer, and all my movements are circumlocutory, sideways, and crab-like.
Extract from : « The Caxtons, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

The practice thus forced upon one in employing a Chinese servant is useful in preventing a circumlocutory habit of speech.
Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science, No. 23, February, 1873, Vol. XI. No. 23. » by Various

Another lot sneered at this circumlocutory and unsatisfactory process of argument.
Extract from : « Secret Service or Recollections of a City Detective » by Andrew Forrester

He hears real discussion; he learns to pick men for higher work; and saves many hours of circumlocutory writing.
Extract from : « Human Nature In Politics » by Graham Wallas

It is only thus that we can become free—by a circumlocutory process of self-abnegation, self-sacrifice and self-annihilation.
Extract from : « Discourses of Keidansky » by Bernard G. Richards

Certainly I was born under the Cancer, and all my movements are circumlocutory, sideways, and crab-like.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 65, No. 402, April, 1849 » by Various

Stammering becomes more eloquent than oratory, a child's impulsiveness wiser than circumlocutory experience.
Extract from : « Albert Durer » by T. Sturge Moore

Synonyms for circumlocutory

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