All indirect speech synonyms
in·di·rect speech
I i noun indirect speech
- gassiness — The state or property of being gassy.
- circumlocution — A circumlocution is a way of saying or writing something using more words than are necessary instead of being clear and direct.
- indirectness — not in a direct course or path; deviating from a straight line; roundabout: an indirect course in sailing.
- circumambages — round-about methods
- discursiveness — passing aimlessly from one subject to another; digressive; rambling.