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US
/ˈwɝdi/
]
[ UK /wˈɜːdi/ ]
[ UK /wˈɜːdi/ ]
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 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