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circumlocution

/ˌsɜːrkəmləˈkjuːʃən/

ការនិយាយវាងវៃ

  1. noun ការនិយាយវាងវៃ, ការនិយាយបត់បែន, ការនិយាយក្បៀសកាត់
    the use of many words where fewer would do, especially to be vague or evasive
    ការប្រើពាក្យច្រើនលើសលប់ជំនួសឱ្យការនិយាយចំៗ ជាពិសេសដើម្បីគេចវេះ
    Politicians often use circumlocution to avoid giving a straight answer.
    អ្នកនយោបាយច្រើនតែប្រើការនិយាយវាងវៃដើម្បីគេចវេះពីការឆ្លើយចំៗ។

Synonyms: periphrasis, wordiness, verbosity, indirectness, evasion

Antonyms: conciseness, directness, brevity

Forms: circumlocutions

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blepharitis blowgun boyishly bracer bracero breezily bristlecone bungy calk chalybeate cheekiness chrysotile coater coercively conformably congruous connubial convoke corruptive counterproposal counterterror crankiness cricoid cubbyhole

Source: ToolOrca English–Khmer dictionary.