circumlocution

suomi-englanti sanakirja

circumlocution englannista suomeksi

1. kiertely

2. kiertoilmaus

0. Substantiivi

1. kiertely, jaarittelu, pyörittely

2. kiertoilmaus

circumlocution englanniksi

1. A roundabout or indirect way of speaking; thus:

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3. (quote-book)|url=|location=London|publisher=Robert Boulter|year=1618|volume=|section=|sectionurl=|page=238|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/bim_early-english-books-1641-1700_historical-collections-o_rushworth-john_1480/page/n261|text=His Majeſty leaves the choice to your ſelf, and requires from you a direct Anſwer without circumlocution or bargaining with him (..)

4. Unnecessary use of extra words to express an idea, such as a pleonastic phrase (sometimes driven by an attempt at emphatic clarity) or a wordy substitution (the latter driven by euphemistic intent, pedagogic intent, or sometimes loquaciousness alone).

5. Necessary use of a phrase to circumvent either a vocabulary fault (of speaker or listener) or a (w), either monolingually or in translation.

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7. An instance of such usage; a roundabout expression, whether an inadvisable one or a necessary one.