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Dictionary: word·y   (wûr') pronunciation
adj., -i·er, -i·est.
  1. Relating to or consisting of words; verbal.
  2. Tending to use, using, or expressed in more words than are necessary to convey meaning.
wordily word'i·ly adv.
wordiness word'i·ness n.

SYNONYMS   wordy, diffuse, long-winded, prolix, verbose. These adjectives mean given to using or marked by the use of an excessive number of words: a wordy apology; a diffuse historical novel; a long-winded speaker; a prolix, tedious lecturer; verbose correspondence.


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adjective

  1. Relating to, consisting of, or having the nature of words: verbal. See words.
  2. Using or containing an excessive number of words: diffuse, long-winded, periphrastic, pleonastic, prolix, redundant, verbose. See excess/insufficiency/enough, style/good style/bad style, words.

Antonyms: wordy
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adj

Definition: talkative
Antonyms: concise, quiet, untalkative


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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: use of more words than required to express an idea
  Synonym: redundant

Meaning #2: using or containing too many words
  Synonyms: long-winded, tedious, verbose, windy


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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - snakkesalig, ordrig

Nederlands (Dutch)
breedsprakig

Français (French)
adj. - verbeux

Deutsch (German)
adj. - wortreich, weitschweifig, aus Worten bestehend

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - φλύαρος, πολυλογάδικος

Italiano (Italian)
verboso

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - prolixo

Русский (Russian)
многословный, словесный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - verboso, prolijo, verbal

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - mångordig, ordrik, långrandig

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
文字的, 多言的, 口头的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 文字的, 多言的, 口頭的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 말의, 언론의, 말 많은

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - ことばの, ことば数の多い

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مطنب, كلامي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮רב מלל, מכביר מילים‬


 
 
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