euphemism
phrases are fine-tuned to be euphemistic yet seemingly precise
It was impossible to be euphemistic about the basic facts of nature when one lived on a stud farm.
The hospital should have the courage of its convictions and not try to hide behind euphemistic statements.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Digressing and being indirect or evasive
bury the ledeidiom
candy coat
candy coating
candy-coated
circumlocution
circumlocutory
get on to/onto something
glancingly
gloss over something
go off on a tangentidiom
hedging
implicit
mealy-mouthed
obscure
parry
prevaricate
stray
tangent
unexpressed
unvoiced
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Polite and respectful