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Meanings of indirect expression in English

Portuguese
circunlóquio
Catalan
circumlocució

An indirect way of expressing something.

circunlóquio
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Examples for "circumlocution"
Examples for "circumlocution"
1
Pope dislikes a simple term and loves a circumlocution and an abstraction.
Halleck's New English Literature
2
He defined the nature and crime of treason with elaboration and circumlocution.
The Shadow of a Crime: A Cumbrian Romance
3
The first is that it uses circumlocution rather than short straight speech.
On the Art of Writing / Lectures delivered in the University of ...
4
So without circumlocution she went and offered to take the sinking child.
Mary Barton
5
All your circumlocution and your fine words are simply an additional insult.
The Nabob, Vol. 2 (of 2)
Usage of indirect expression in English
1
Was the old man's thoughtful offer of hospitality another indirect expression of the natural human distress which he perversely concealed?
No Name
2
A South Korean Unification Ministry spokesman played down the commentary, calling it "an indirect expression of the North's various grievances."
Reuters
3
"It is rather singular that he should be absent at this particular time," said Markland, giving indirect expression to his own intruding suspicions.
The Good Time Coming
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Translations for indirect expression