n
(especially in plural) ambiguity; circumlocution
adj
(obsolete) periphrastic or circumlocutory
n
Something that surrounds; encompassing material, substance or shape.
n
(archaic) The way something is arrayed or laid out.
n
Alternative spelling of caesura [A pause or interruption in a poem, music, building, or other work of art.]
adv
In a circuitous manner; following a circuitous route.
n
(uncountable) The state or quality of being circuitous.
n
Instances of indirectness or deviousness in speaking or writing: circumlocutions.
adj
Of or relating to circumambages; circumlocutionary.
n
The condition of being circumambient
adj
Including all aspects of; encompassing.
n
(obsolete) rambling language
n
(geology) denudation around an object
adj
Characterised by circumlocution.
n
(countable) An instance of such usage; a roundabout expression, whether an inadvisable one or a necessary one.
adv
By means of or in terms of circumlocution.
adj
Articulated in a roundabout manner; tautological or with repetitive language.
n
One who uses circumlocutions.
adj
Employing circumlocution; circumlocutionary.
adv
In a circumlocutory manner.
adj
pertaining to circumnavigation
adv
With regard to circumscription
adj
(rare) Alternative spelling of circumvential [That circumvents.]
adj
Involving or relating to circumvention.
n
(medicine) A cutoff point (cutoff value, threshold value), that is, a cutoff: the amount set by an operational definition as the transition point between states in a discretization or dichotomization.
adj
Cutting on both sides.
adj
(UK) Of a person, having received both doses (jabs) of a COVID vaccine
n
(metonymically) A person; the self; (reflexively, objectifying) oneself.
adv
(chiefly of text) From left to right.
adj
(nonstandard, rare) Left (opposite of right).
adj
Performed by a human rather than a machine.
adj
Indirect or circuitous.
adj
Indirect in naming an entity; circumlocutory.
n
(obsolete) A particular point of form or ceremony.
adj
moving around a central point.
adj
With the outer surface correctly facing outward, unturned
adv
(chiefly of text) From right to left.
adj
Finished; polished; not defective or abrupt; said of authors or their writing style.
adv
In a roundabout manner; indirectly.
adj
Moving or directed from the left to the right.
adv
Synonym of head to toe (“in reversed positions”)
n
(colloquial) A situation of infinite regress; a circular explanation or model.
n
The relative amount of space left between objects that are packed together; gap.
adv
Alternative form of widdershins [(obsolete) The wrong way.]
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