Usually means: Using many words; overly verbose.
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  1. circumlocutious: Merriam-Webster
  2. circumlocutious: Vocabulary.com
  3. circumlocutious: Wiktionary
  4. circumlocutious: Dictionary.com
  5. circumlocutious: Rhymezone
  6. circumlocutious: FreeDictionary.org
  7. circumlocutious: Mnemonic Dictionary
  8. circumlocutious: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adjective:  circumlocutional

Similar:
circumlocutory, periphrastic, ambagious, indirect, circumlocutous, circumscript, circumfixal, circular, circulary, circuline, more...

Opposite:
concise, direct, straightforward, succinct, point

Types:
verbose, long-winded, wordy, prolix, more...

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Similar:
circumlocutory, periphrastic, ambagious, indirect, circumlocutous, circumscript, circumfixal, circular, circulary, circuline, more...

Opposite:
concise, direct, straightforward, succinct, point

Types:
verbose, long-winded, wordy, prolix, more...



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