ambagious

• Adjectif vieilli ou littéraire signifiant qui est détourné, indirect ou circonlocutoire dans le discours ou l'écrit.

An obsolete adjective meaning roundabout, circuitous, or indirect in speech or writing.

1. Roundabout or indirectC2formal

   Using many words to express an idea; unnecessarily wordy or circuitous in speech or writing.

   Circonlocutoire, verbeux

   • His ambagious explanation confused everyone in the room.
   • The author's ambagious style made the novel difficult to follow.
   • She gave an ambagious answer instead of a direct one.

   Synonymescircuitouscircumlocutorydigressiveindirectlong-windedperiphrasticprolixramblingroundaboutverbosewordy

   Antonymesbriefconcisedirectstraightforwardsuccinctterse