periphrastic

adjective

Definition of periphrasticnext
as in pleonastic

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for periphrastic
  1. prolix
  2. communicative
  3. wordy
  4. verbose
  5. diffuse
  6. circuitous
  7. talkative
  8. loquacious
Adjective
  • Words, including those of artists themselves—as prolix in their way as critics, curators, and historians—can serve vision but can also deflect from it.
    Barry Schwabsky, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2019
  • In 1949, a young American artist named Ray Johnson left Black Mountain College near Asheville, N.C., moved to New York City and began to explore his prolix talents, both visual and verbal.
    Roberta Smith, New York Times, 30 May 2024
Definition of prolix
Adjective
  • Furthermore, leaders must be transparent and communicative throughout the ERP implementation process.
    Miguel Llorca, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
  • Be clear and communicative about what turns you on.
    Lexi Petronis, Glamour, 10 Oct. 2024
Definition of communicative
Adjective
  • Using the Concise function on highlighted text to boil it down strips out too much personality, while the Friendly function gets too wordy and often misses the sentence's or paragraph's original point.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
  • This is a talky chamber piece of philosophical face-offs, debate duels and wordy warfare, though the outcomes remain just as harrowing.
    Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 7 Nov. 2024
Definition of wordy
Adjective
  • The lawmaker said that the usable speech only came after four or five prompts that generated unusable material, either too verbose or oddly phrased, an illustration of how important the input into the AI is to the result.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Jan. 2023
  • The verbose coach was at somewhat of a loss for words, opting to forgo opening remarks in his postgame press conference and instead diving right into questions.
    Tom Green | tgreen@al.com, al, 18 Jan. 2023
Definition of verbose
Adjective
  • Cultural attitudes on each side toward consumer safety, environmental protection, and privacy run deep, and they will not be overcome with promises of diffuse economic benefits and future job growth.
    Thomas J. Bollyky, Foreign Affairs, 10 July 2013
  • In large companies with diffuse corporate hierarchies, that legal bar can be difficult to meet.
    Richard Vanderford, WSJ, 30 Mar. 2023
Definition of diffuse
Adjective
  • Virgo Rising The next month or two might amount to a bit of a homecoming for you, but finding your way back to baseline might require taking a pretty circuitous route through your family photo albums, childhood memories, and old addresses.
    Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2024
  • The results of that sampling would arrive after a delayed and circuitous route — it was posted on a public server briefly and then later published — into the hands of Western scientists.
    Gabriel Spitzer, NPR, 19 Sep. 2024
Definition of circuitous
Adjective
  • Those born under the Gemini zodiac sign are said to be talkative, outgoing and adaptable.
    Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 18 June 2024
  • Crying babies and talkative couples aside, the sound of the plane’s engine alone can be enough to make in-flight naps feel impossible.
    Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2024
Definition of talkative
Adjective
  • An extremely private person, Steiner lived the nightmare without fanfare, without telling anyone outside of his inner circle, the loquacious storyteller keeping his most important words to himself.
    Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Along the way, Strings does lots of talking – lots and lots of talking, loquacious and hambone.
    Greg Evans, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2024
Definition of loquacious
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