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Meanings of ambage in English

Catalan
perífrasi
Spanish
perífrasis

A style that involves indirect ways of expressing things.

        perífrasi
        Usage of ambage in English
        1
        The doctor still answered per ambages, ut mos oraculis.
        It Is Never Too Late to Mend
        2
        There should be ambages in such a matter.
        The Belton Estate
        3
        And the ambages should take time.
        The Belton Estate
        4
        It is true, in doing this, I may perhaps be obliged to use some AMBAGES, and ways of speech not common.
        Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous in Opposition to Sce...
        5
        No "longæ ambages" for him.
        Castle Richmond
        6
        But 'art is a second nature, and imitateth that dextrously and compendiously, which nature performs by ambages and length of time.'
        The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded
        7
        The American Minister in such matters was accustomed to fewer ambages than were common in the circles among which Mr. Glascock had lived.
        He Knew He Was Right
        Translations for ambage