circumlocution

• He indulged neither in sophism nor circumlocution, but with bold and manly frankness, gave utterance to his honest opinions. —  Life of Tecumseh and of His Brother the Prophet
• The decision of the editor (who even now is hiding behind this circumlocution, but yes, it was me) to forgo a bibliography should not have prevented him from acknowledging this indispensable work. —  VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XXIII No 4
• I was a rich heiress--I had, I believe, a hundred thousand pounds, or more, and twice as many caprices: I was handsome and witty--or, to speak with that kind of circumlocution which is called humility, the world, the partial world, thought me a beauty and a bel-esprit. —  Tales and Novels — Volume 03
• Hereby it comes that, -- as certain things can only be handled with cautious foresight and circumlocution, and in the way of beginning wide, -- an Ambassador here is more thrown out of his course than in any other Court; and knows not, though his object were steadily in sight, what road to strike into for getting towards it. " —  History of Friedrich II of Prussia
• I was a rich heiress -- I had, I believe, a hundred thousand pounds, or more, and twice as many caprices: I was handsome and witty -- or, to speak with that kind of circumlocution which is called humility, the world, the partial world, thought me a beauty and a bel-esprit. —  Tales and Novels — Volume 03

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