Ambages

//ˈam.bɪ.d͡ʒɪz//

Synonyms for "ambages" (47 found)

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Closest matches (10)

anfractuosity bypass circuit circuitousness circumambages circumbendibus circumlocution circumvolution convolution crinkle

Strong matches (14)

crinkling detour deviation deviousness digression excursion flexuosity flexuousness indirection intorsion involution meander meandering

Noun(1 words)

logorrhea

Related words (23)

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6 relation types

More general

3 entries

path way way of life

Related terms

1 entries

ambiguous

derived

1 entries

circumambages

etymologically related_to

1 entries

ambi

is a

1 entries

way

related to

1 entries

circumlocution

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

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Thus from her cell Cumæan Sibyl sings / Ambiguous ambages, the cloyster rings / With the shrill sound thereof, in most dark strains.

Source: wiktionary

Having thus briefly anatomized the body and soul of man,[…]I may now freely proceed to treat of my intended subject, to most men's capacity; and after many ambages, perspicuously define what this melancholy is[…].

Source: wiktionary

Paris put fear into him, a city of monstrous size to which London was but a market town. Its ambages of streets bewildered.

Source: wiktionary

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