Circuitous and Concise

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Circuitous adjective - Using or containing more words than necessary to express an idea.

Usage example: a circuitous explanation for what seems like a fairly basic concept

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Concise is an antonym for circuitous.

Nearby Words: circuit, circuited, circuiting

Concise adjective - Marked by the use of few words to convey much information or meaning.

Usage example: a concise article on violence in the media that manages to say more than most books on the subject

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Circuitous is an antonym for concise.

Nearby Words: conciseness, concision, concisely

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