Wordy - English meaning

adjective

Using many words where fewer would do, especially in a deliberate attempt to be vague or evasive; long-winded.

Usage examples:

He has a meandering, circumlocutory speaking style

adjective

Relating to something said in an indirect way

Usage examples:

He began in a circumlocutory way, but eventually had to be fairly blunt., it was a difficult interv…

verb

Spread over a wide area or between a large number of people.

Usage examples:

Technologies diffuse rapidly

adjective

Spread out over a large area; not concentrated.

Usage examples:

The diffuse community which centred on the church

verb

To spread or cause something to spread in many directions

Usage examples:

[ t ] television is a powerful means of diffusing knowledge., [ t ] the guide tried to diffuse the …

adjective

Characterized by digression; tending to depart from the subject.

Usage examples:

A digressive account

adjective

Digressive speech or writing moves away from the main subject

Usage examples:

His interview style is often wildly digressive, and frequently mischievous., the plot is digressive…

adjective

Digressing from subject to subject.

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Students often write dull, second-hand, discursive prose

adjective

Involving discussion

Usage examples:

A discursive essay, a discursive writer/speech

abbreviation

(giving position or direction) left.

Usage examples:

L to r: gordon, anthony, and mark

noun

The twelfth letter of the alphabet.

noun

A metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of water under standard conditions, now equal to 1,000 cubic centimetres (about 1.75 pints).

Usage examples:

A litre bottle of wine

adjective

(especially in reference to time) of considerable or unusual length, especially so as to be tedious.

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Lengthy delays

Extended in duration

adjective

Taking a long time

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A lengthy speech

adjective

Taking more time than is necessary

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A long-drawn-out process

idiom

Using or containing too many words

adjective

(of speech or writing) continuing at tedious length.

Usage examples:

A long-winded question

adjective

Capable of doing something for a long time without becoming breathless.

verb

Talk in a rambling manner.

Usage examples:

Dennis maundered on about the wine

adjective

(of writing or speech) confused and long or lasting for a long time

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They are both utterly predictable not just in their opinions but in the maundering way they deliver…

adjective

(of speech or writing) indirect and circumlocutory.

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The periphrastic nature of legal syntax

adjective

(of speech or writing) using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy.

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He found the narrative too prolix and discursive

adjective

Using too many words and therefore boring or difficult to read or listen to

Usage examples:

The author's prolix style has done nothing to encourage sales of the book.

adjective

Lasting for a long time or longer than expected or usual.

Usage examples:

A protracted and bitter dispute

verb

Prolong.

Usage examples:

He had certainly taken his time, even protracting the process

adjective

Lasting for a long time, or made to continue longer than necessary

Usage examples:

Their protracted legal battle may soon be resolved.

adjective

(of writing or speech) lengthy and confused or inconsequential.

Usage examples:

A rambling six-hour speech

noun

The activity of walking in the countryside for pleasure.

Usage examples:

A rambling club

verb

Walk for pleasure in the countryside.

Usage examples:

I spent most of my spare time rambling and climbing

adjective

Another term for repetitive.

Usage examples:

Many hours of repetitious labour

adjective

Filled with unnecessary and boring things expressed or happening in the same way many times

Usage examples:

The movie got a little repetitious after the third car chase.

adjective

Using two words or phrases that express the same meaning, in a way that is unnecessary and usually unintentional

Usage examples:

The phrase "advance planning" is tautological since when else are you going to plan something?, if …

adjective

Full of twists and turns.

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The route is remote and tortuous

adjective

Full of twists and turns; not straight or direct

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His so-called shortcut turned out to be tortuous and slow.

adjective

Using or expressed in more words than are needed.

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Much academic language is obscure and verbose

adjective

Using or containing more words than are necessary

Usage examples:

A verbose explanation/report/speech/style, he was a notoriously verbose after-dinner speaker.