[ US /ˈwɝdi/ ]
[ UK /wˈɜːdi/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. 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
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How To Use wordy In A Sentence

  • The rhythm of 1970s TV seem so unusual now that they add to the sense that you are watching something wholly other: long, slow scenes; wordy dialogue; and elegiac tracking shots of an empty England.
  • November 30th, 2004 at 4:39 pm i agree with stentor and mythago, and posted a response on my blog much more wordy than the succinct comments :. Hereville page 18 is up!
  • newspapers of the day printed long wordy editorials
  • Ah, you are a talking man -- what I call a wordy man. The Confidence-Man
  • I told him the literal translation, but knew he would find it too wordy compared to the English phrase, and this was evident in his botched attempt to say it himself.
  • Firstly, they are books which are intellectually stretching without being wordy or incomprehensible.
  • Then why play it up and publicise it and use teasers and wordy websites to give background info?
  • The wordy war lasted fully half an hour, and terribly distressed one spoony The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton
  • No matter how wordy the material he begins with, this Russian-born director's work always emphasizes experiencing the story viscerally, through the senses.
  • I have a tendency to write in what might be called a wordy style, so forcing myself to actually watch the word counts forced me to really think about the words that were important and those that were extraneous. Chapter Seven – Fall 2008 Conclusion « Write Anything
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