0 (an example of) an indirect way of saying something, especially something unpleasant:
Although some view circumlocution as pathological, it can be of great value in maintaining communication.
One can also encourage circumlocution, describing a word without using the word itself.
Can use circumlocution and paraphrase to cover gaps in vocabulary and structure.
With it one can formulate properties of functions that would otherwise require circumlocution and notational fuss.
They employed, instead, sly ambiguities and insinuating circumlocutions.
Presumably, then, a decrease in redundancy (despite the growing importance of tonal traits) would lead to circumlocutions which, when lexicalised, may re-enter the erosion phase.
There are several involuntary repetitions of words and phrases, some unintelligible speech (jargon), circumlocutions, and problems of word-finding.
Instead, it must turn to periphrasis or circumlocution as the only strategies for articulating the intended notion.
