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Meanings of wordy in English

Using or containing too many words.

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Usage of wordy in English
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How those called intellectuals are often not so much wise as wordy.
The Tyranny Of Words
2
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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It would be easy to complain that Catch-22 is wordy, after all.
The Guardian
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There are perhaps one or two interviews with wordy interviewers too many.
The Guardian
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And when you get too wordy, the lyrics don't mean as much.
Ebony
9
And this week a wordy show that gets to grips with language.
Radio NZ
10
Gods require lots of wordy preamble, so I just smiled and nodded.
Silver zombie: delilah street: paranormal investigator
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You have been very wordy, and all you have done is buzz.
The Iron Heel
12
My time is precious, and de hire is wordy ob de laborer.
The Lost Hunter / A Tale of Early Times
13
He has a horror of its wordy wars, its flood of objurgation.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 80, June, 1864 / A Magazine...
14
What are her image and attributes, when dragged from her wordy lurking-place?
Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2
15
Do you remember, Agatha, how we used to enjoy their wordy combats?
The Carved Cupboard
16
Past incarnations of the referendum question have proved far more wordy.
BBC
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