Circumlocutionary

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  • adj. Articulated in a roundabout manner; tautological or with repetitive language.
  • adj. Evasive, avoiding difficult questions or key points.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Circumlocutional; roundabout; periphrastic.
  • Word Usage
    "Kipling favours concreteness and concentration; empty abstractions and circumlocutionary descriptions are wholly absent from his works."