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periphrastically

英[ˌperɪ'fræstɪk] 美[ˌperɪ'fræstɪk]
  • adj.迂回曲折的;[语]迂说法的

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Adjective:
  1. roundabout and unnecessarily wordy;

    "had a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expression"
    "A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With words and meanings."

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