noun
- a roundabout or indirect way of speaking; circumlocution or evasive language
Usage: archaic; literary
Examples
- The politician's speech was full of ambage, obscuring his true position on the issue.
- Without ambage, she stated her objections plainly and without hesitation.
- The author's tendency toward ambage made the simple plot unnecessarily confusing.
- He spoke in ambage, circling around the main point for several minutes before finally addressing it.