1.AdjectiveExpressed 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."
2.AdjectiveIndirect in naming an entity; circumlocutory.
3.AdjectiveCharacterized by periphrasis.
"“The daughter of the man” may be used as a periphrastic synonym for “the man’s daughter”."