Synonyms of periphrastic

Adjective

1. circumlocutious, circumlocutory, periphrastic, ambagious, indirect (vs. direct)

usage: roundabout and unnecessarily wordy; "had a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expression"; "A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With words and meanings."-T.S.Eliot; (`ambagious' is archaic)

Definition and meaning of periphrastic (Dictionary)