circumlocutory Play adjectiveUsing many words where fewer would do, especially in a deliberate attempt to be vague or evasive; long-winded. SYNONYMS ambagiouscircuitouscircumlocutionarydiffusediscursiveindirectlong-windedperiphrasticpleonasticprolixramblingrepetitiousrepetitiveroundabouttautologicaltortuousverbosewanderingwordy