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Expressed in more words than are necessary. / Indirect in naming an entity; circumlocutory. / (grammar) Characterized by periphrasis.

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periphrastic

adj

Expressed in more words than are necessary. / Indirect in naming an entity; circumlocutory. / (grammar) Characterized by periphrasis.

Her explanation was periphrastic and overly complicated.

意味（1）

Expressed in more words than are necessary.

意味（2）

Indirect in naming an entity; circumlocutory.

意味（3）

(grammar) Characterized by periphrasis.

“The daughter of the man” may be used as a periphrastic synonym for “the man’s daughter”.