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Meanings of verbose in English

Using or containing too many words.

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Examples for "tedious"
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The second half began in a fashion that was actually quite tedious.
The Guardian
2
It was tedious work but strangely satisfying to him, building a case.
Book of shadows
3
The comparison is tedious and spun out; but the idea is poetic.
The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and...
4
The work was tedious, the hours long, but crime was unheard of.
Geomancer (Well of Echoes)
5
The journey across the heath was tedious; the clouds only passed rapidly.
The True Story of My Life: A Sketch
1
Free State: Partly cloudy, windy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers.
The South African
2
Free State: Partly cloudy, windy and warm to hot with isolated thunderstorms.
The South African
3
The warm, dry and windy conditions are expected to continue into Friday.
News.com.au
4
Northern Cape: Fine, windy and warm, becoming partly cloudy in the south.
The South African
5
Traveling west, they soon left behind the low-lying basin of windy plains.
The Plains of Passage
1
How those called intellectuals are often not so much wise as wordy.
The Tyranny Of Words
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We lose our readers' attention when paragraphs are too long-winded and wordy.
The South African
3
The guide, the muleteers, and the stranger were having a wordy struggle.
Through stained glass / A Novel
4
Some should be punished with wordy rebukes, and with fines and forfeitures.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 / Books 8,...
5
The statement held more complete and quiet confidence than any wordy boast.
Key Out of Time
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We lose our readers' attention when paragraphs are too long-winded and wordy.
The South African
2
In most cases these were long-winded, pointless, and yawn-provoking attempts at writing.
Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination
3
Caleb could be extremely long-winded when he felt the occasion warranted it.
Diagnosis: danger
4
The interminable angst of the working artist deserves deeper, more long-winded analysis!
The Irish Times
5
To suggest he was curt would be to misrepresent him as long-winded.
The Irish Times
Usage of verbose in English
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Be aware, however, that this data is extremely verbose and often obscure.
Essential system administration, 3rd edition
2
He often intrigues and perplexes his audience with verbose answers to questions.
Reuters
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In verbose monologues, he combats the superstitions and fanaticism of the orthodox.
The Renascence of Hebrew Literature (1743-1885)
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I'm learning lines all the time because my character is rather verbose.
Reuters
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Why should he be so ardent in desiring grave and verbose writers?
Heretics
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So pleaded, and to yet greater length, the verbose but earnest advocate.
St. George's Cross; Or, England Above All
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He offered lengthy and verbose explanations for every piece of circumstantial evidence.
Wired
8
Admirers call him captivating while critics see him as inflexible and verbose.
Reuters
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I will endeavour not to be more verbose than the occasion requires.'
The Beetle: A Mystery
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O'Mally, verbose as ever, did all the talking and vending of news.
The Lure of the Mask
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I don't waste time in words, like you two, my verbose friends.
The Tree of Appomattox
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The okes start using verbose terms to describe how they feel.
The South African
13
It is a very verbose film -yet with interesting things to say.
The Guardian
14
He did not waste much time in questioning the verbose Brobson.
The Lovels of Arden
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They are immeasurably verbose, not to mention the blunders of the first copyist.
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4
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He noted that while Java is more expressive, it is also more verbose.
Reuters
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