[
UK
/vˈɜːbəʊz/
]
ADJECTIVE
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using or containing too many words
proceedings were delayed by wordy disputes
long-winded (or windy) speakers
verbose and ineffective instructional methods
newspapers of the day printed long wordy editorials
How To Use verbose In A Sentence
- she explained her ideas verbosely
- Even on radio, their rhetorical style sounds windy, verbose, addicted to polysyllables for their own sake.
- Even on radio, their rhetorical style sounds windy, verbose, addicted to polysyllables for their own sake.
- This movie is unnaturally verbose.
- He cares and worries intensely about movies, and he's eloquent, loquacious, even verbose on the subject.
- No art, nothing but some sadly punning slogans and the most uninspired, turgid and solipsistically verbose writing. Times, Sunday Times
- The next guy I asked was more verbose, but similarly focused.
- You talk verbosely in antiquated terminology of your love of liberty, and all the while you wear the scarlet livery of the Iron Heel. ' Chapter 17: The Scarlet Livery
- Not that he was verbose: most often when he made any comments on such matters he addressed them to himself. A ROOMFUL OF BIRDS - SCOTTISH SHORT STORIES 1990
- From Merriam-Webster: blo·vi·ate: To speak or write verbosely and windily. Bloviation Without Representation