indirect expression
English Thesaurus
1. an indirect way of expressing something (noun.communication)
| hypernym | : | equivocation, evasion, |
| definition | : | a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth (noun.communication) |
| derivation | : | ambagious, circumlocutious, circumlocutory, periphrastic, |
| definition | : | roundabout and unnecessarily wordy (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | ambagious, circumlocutious, circumlocutory, periphrastic, |
| definition | : | roundabout and unnecessarily wordy (adj.all) |
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