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1. n. pl. A circuit; a winding. Hence: Circuitous way or proceeding; quibble; circumlocution; indirect mode of speech. Source: opted
2. n. (archaic) roundabout or mysterious ways of action Source: wordnet
3. A circuit; a winding. Hence: Circuitous way or proceeding; quibble; circumlocution; indirect mode of speech. After many ambages, perspicuously define what this melancholy is. Burton. Source: webster
4. A circuit; a winding. Hence: Circuitous way or proceeding;quibble; circumlocution; indirect mode of speech.After many ambages, perspicuously define what this melancholy is.Burton. Source: adambom
5. n (archaic) roundabout or mysterious ways of action n a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things Source: ecdict

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indirect circuit circuitous circumlocution hence mode proceeding quibble speech way ways winding action archaic burton define melancholy mysterious perspicuously roundabout expressing involves style things

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