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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. using or containing too many words;
- Example: "long-winded (or windy) speakers"
- Example: "verbose and ineffective instructional methods"
- Example: "newspapers of the day printed long wordy editorials"
- Example: "proceedings were delayed by wordy disputes"
[syn: long-winded, tedious, verbose, windy, wordy]



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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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