circumlocutory

adjective

Definition of circumlocutorynext
as in rambling
using or containing more words than necessary to express an idea the studio's statement that "the film's earnings did not live up to expectations" was a circumlocutory admission that the movie was a flop

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for circumlocutory
  1. rambling
  2. prolix
  3. talkative
  4. verbose
  5. exaggerated
  6. circuitous
  7. wordy
Adjective
  • There is more than 178 feet of beach and ocean frontage, which can be accessed via a rambling wooden staircase.
    Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Some, of course, will find this style of writing off-putting and too rambling or the prose verging on purple, the narrative perhaps not story-driven enough.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
Definition of rambling
Adjective
  • Words, including those of artists themselves—as prolix in their way as critics, curators, and historians—can serve vision but can also deflect from it.
    Barry Schwabsky, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2019
  • In 1949, a young American artist named Ray Johnson left Black Mountain College near Asheville, N.C., moved to New York City and began to explore his prolix talents, both visual and verbal.
    Roberta Smith, New York Times, 30 May 2024
Definition of prolix
Adjective
  • Those born under the Gemini zodiac sign are said to be talkative, outgoing and adaptable.
    Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 18 June 2024
  • Crying babies and talkative couples aside, the sound of the plane’s engine alone can be enough to make in-flight naps feel impossible.
    Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2024
Definition of talkative
Adjective
  • The lawmaker said that the usable speech only came after four or five prompts that generated unusable material, either too verbose or oddly phrased, an illustration of how important the input into the AI is to the result.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Jan. 2023
  • The verbose coach was at somewhat of a loss for words, opting to forgo opening remarks in his postgame press conference and instead diving right into questions.
    Tom Green | tgreen@al.com, al, 18 Jan. 2023
Definition of verbose
Adjective
  • Astle lives a little over 60 miles from the Mexican border, and said the talk of higher crime in the area due to immigration is exaggerated.
    Lorie Konish, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Allegations of widespread mail-in ballot fraud are also exaggerated.
    Clifford Tatum, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of exaggerated
Adjective
  • Virgo Rising The next month or two might amount to a bit of a homecoming for you, but finding your way back to baseline might require taking a pretty circuitous route through your family photo albums, childhood memories, and old addresses.
    Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2024
  • The results of that sampling would arrive after a delayed and circuitous route — it was posted on a public server briefly and then later published — into the hands of Western scientists.
    Gabriel Spitzer, NPR, 19 Sep. 2024
Definition of circuitous
Adjective
  • Using the Concise function on highlighted text to boil it down strips out too much personality, while the Friendly function gets too wordy and often misses the sentence's or paragraph's original point.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
  • This is a talky chamber piece of philosophical face-offs, debate duels and wordy warfare, though the outcomes remain just as harrowing.
    Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 7 Nov. 2024
Definition of wordy
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