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- adverb In a
circumlocutory manner.
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Examples
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You can see why the nuns of the circumlocutorily-named Holy Order of the Little Sisters of Our Mother of Perpetual Faith follow her lead, even against the will of their austere Mother Superior Sheila Hancock.
Archive 2009-06-01 annawaits 2009
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You can see why the nuns of the circumlocutorily-named Holy Order of the Little Sisters of Our Mother of Perpetual Faith follow her lead, even against the will of their austere Mother Superior Sheila Hancock.
Sister Act annawaits 2009
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