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circumlocució
An indirect way of expressing something.
circumlocution
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circumlocution
1
Pope dislikes a simple term and loves a
circumlocution
and an abstraction.
2
He defined the nature and crime of treason with elaboration and
circumlocution
.
3
The first is that it uses
circumlocution
rather than short straight speech.
4
So without
circumlocution
she went and offered to take the sinking child.
5
All your
circumlocution
and your fine words are simply an additional insult.
1
Was the old man's thoughtful offer of hospitality another
indirect
expression
of the natural human distress which he perversely concealed?
2
A South Korean Unification Ministry spokesman played down the commentary, calling it "an
indirect
expression
of the North's various grievances."
3
"It is rather singular that he should be absent at this particular time," said Markland, giving
indirect
expression
to his own intruding suspicions.
indirect
expression
indirect
portuguès
circunlóquio
perifrase
perífrase
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circumlocució
circumloqui