periphrasis

11 letters · noun · scores 3,400 in SpellHuntr

noun

a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things

Periphrasis in a sentence

Language learners sometimes use periphrases like "did go" where a native speaker would use "went".

Native speakers use periphrases like "did not go" where a language learner might use "went not".

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