Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Circumlocutory; tedious.
- Winding; devious.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Circumlocutory; circuitous.
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- adjective
Roundabout ;vague . - adjective
Indefinite .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective roundabout and unnecessarily wordy
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Examples
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In these times, the ultimate amount of auto parts and repairs, in the case of a breakdown, is minute compared to the ambagious costs of new vehicles.
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And sodeinly turning my backe, as fast as I could runne, I conueighed my fearefull bodie by the helpe of my swift pacing feete, into the inward part of the darke places, penetrating through diuers crooked torments, ambagious passages and vnknowne waies.
Hypnerotomachia The Strife of Loue in a Dreame Francesco Colonna
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jmjarmstrong commented on the word ambagious
JM is drawing up plans for a very compact ambagious garden.
January 30, 2011