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- Thesaurus|253
- Abbreviations|0
88 entries under adjective topic. ×
| circumlocutory(tedious, involved, ambiguous, diffuse) | |
| verbose(style, words, excess, surplus) | |
| roundabout(rambling, indirect, circuitous, tortuous) | |
| indirect(rambling, circuitous, tortuous, unintended) | |
| rambling(confused, ambiguous, talkative, incidental) | |
| ambagious | |
| circuitous(confused, ambiguous, pointless, rambling) | |
| diffuse(style, words, tedious, excess) | |
| circumlocutious | |
| discursive(confused, ambiguous, rambling, indirect) | |
| long-winded(style, words, excess, confused) | |
| pleonastic(style, words, tedious, excess) | |
| prolix(style, words, excess, confused) | |
| wordy(style, words, excess, confused) | |
| redundant(style, words, tedious, excess) | |
| circular(ambiguous, rambling, indirect, incidental) | |
| devious(ambiguous, rambling, indirect, incidental) | |
| oblique(ambiguous, rambling, indirect, incidental) | |
| tortuous(tedious, involved, ambiguous, indirect) | |
| loquacious(tedious, involved, surplus, diffuse) |
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