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Ambages
Translation of "ambages" into Russian
ambages
Noun
ambages pl
The contract was full of ambages, making it difficult to understand.
Контракт был полон двусмысленностей, что затрудняло его понимание.
His speech was filled with ambages, avoiding direct answers.
Его речь была полна уклончивости, избегая прямых ответов.
Definitions
ambages
Noun
Ambages refers to indirect or roundabout ways of speaking or writing; circumlocution.
The lawyer's ambages made it difficult for the jury to understand the main point of his argument.
Winding or circuitous passages; intricate or indirect courses (literal or figurative).
The travellers lost themselves in the ambages of the mountain paths.