Answer: periphrastic

AnswerCrossword Clue
periphrastic(of speech or writing) Indirect and circumlocutory
periphrasticof or like periphrasis, the use of longer phrasing in place of shorter form of expression also PERIPHRASTICAL
periphrastic(of a case or tense) Formed by a combination of words rather than by inflection (such as did go and of the people rather than went and the people's)