periphrastic

Expressed in more words than are necessary.

He wrote a periphrastic love letter to his wife to patch up their relationship.

She was simply asked to express how she felt, but her response was periphrastic.

Indirect in naming an entity; circumlocutory.

In writing, they deem it irreverent to express the Supreme Being [and] in conversation they generally use a periphrastic epithet, such as the All-Good.

Characterized by periphrasis.

“The daughter of the man” may be used as a periphrastic synonym for “the man’s daughter”.