circumlocution

I'd rather not ask Henry because he always answers with a circumlocution.
Je préfère ne pas demander à Henry parce qu'il répond toujours par une circonlocution.
Our boss is somewhat prone to circumlocution. He sometimes needs to be reminded to get to the point.
Notre patron a tendance à user de circonlocutions ; il faut parfois lui rappeler d'aller droit au but.
Circumlocution is a common device used in legal texts.
La circonlocution est une figure couramment utilisée dans les textes juridiques.
Finally, let us turn to the English philosopher James Ward, who without circumlocution calls himself a spiritualist monist.
Référons‑nous enfin au philosophe anglais James Ward, qui se dit lui‑même sans circumlocutions moniste spiritualiste.
I fully agree with them, and without circumlocution I should add that I fear the crisis ahead of us.
Il me faut à mon tour y souscrire et déclarer en outre tout net que je redoute la crise qui s'annonce.
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