circumlocutory

adjective

cir·​cum·​loc·​u·​to·​ry ¦sər-kəm-¦lä-kyə-ˌtȯr-ē 

: marked by or exhibiting circumlocution

circumlocutory detail

—Dorothy Sayers

circumlocutory remarks

Word History

Etymology

circumlocution + -ory

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Rhymes for circumlocutory

• interlocutory