wordy
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
wordy
adj 1: using or containing too many words; "long-winded (or
windy) speakers"; "verbose and ineffective instructional
methods"; "newspapers of the day printed long wordy
editorials"; "proceedings were delayed by wordy disputes"
[syn: {long-winded}, {tedious}, {verbose}, {windy},
{wordy}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Wordy \Word"y\, a. [Compar. {Wordier}; superl. {Wordiest}.]
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1. Of or pertaining to words; consisting of words; verbal;
as, a wordy war. --Cowper.
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2. Using many words; verbose; as, a wordy speaker.
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3. Containing many words; full of words.
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We need not lavish hours in wordy periods.
--Philips.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
31 Moby Thesaurus words for "wordy":
bombastic, de longue haleine, diffuse, endless, extended,
filled out, flatulent, garrulous, glib, highfalutin, inflated,
lengthy, long, long-drawn-out, long-spun, long-winded,
longiloquent, loquacious, padded, prolix, protracted, redundant,
rhetorical, spun-out, talkative, tumid, turgid, unrelenting,
verbose, voluble, windy
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