Found 3 hits - Term: wordy, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
wordy \word"y\, a. compar. wordier; superl. wordiest.
1913 webster
1. of or pertaining to words; consisting of words; verbal;
as, a wordy war. --cowper.
1913 webster
2. using many words; verbose; as, a wordy speaker.
1913 webster
3. containing many words; full of words.
1913 webster
we need not lavish hours in wordy periods.
--philips.
1913 webster
see also:
wordier wordiest
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
wordy
adj 1: use of more words than required to express an idea; "a wordy
gossipy account of a simple incident"; "a redundant
text crammed with amplifications of the obvious" syn:
redundant
2: 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
also: wordiest, wordier
see also:
redundant long-winded tedious verbose windy wordiest
wordier
- [3] : 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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