| roundabout(adjective, rambling, indirect, circuitous, tortuous) |
| periphrastic(adjective, tedious, involved, ambiguous, diffuse) |
| verbose(adjective, dull, loose, talkative, wordy) |
| ambagious(adjective, diffuseness) |
| indirect(adjective, rambling, circuitous, tortuous, unintended) |
| circuitous(adjective, ambiguous, rambling, indirect, incidental) |
| diffuse(adjective, tedious, involved, irresolute, talkative) |
| wordy(adjective, dull, loose, talkative, prolix) |
| oblique(adjective, ambiguous, rambling, indirect, incidental) |
| rambling(adjective, dull, loose, ambiguous, incidental) |
| tortuous(adjective, tedious, involved, ambiguous, diffuse) |
| circumlocutious |
| meandering(adjective, dull, loose, ambiguous, indirect) |
| prolix(adjective, dull, loose, talkative, wordy) |
| long-winded(adjective, dull, loose, ambiguous, rambling) |
| redundant(adjective, dull, loose, tedious, involved) |
| twisting(adjective, ambiguous, rambling, incidental, circuitous) |
| circular(ambiguous, rambling, indirect, incidental, circuitous) |
| devious(adjective, ambiguous, rambling, indirect, incidental) |
| discursive(adjective, dull, loose, ambiguous, indirect) |