as in wordiness
the use of too many words to express an idea
your ideas are good, but your penchant for verbosity is unfortunate
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But many French are deeply sick of hearing his volcanic verbosity.
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Lee Hockstader, Washington Post, 1 July 2024
Williams is regarded as a smart player, but has always played with a lot of emotion — and verbosity.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2024
The spirit of Lester Bangs was coursing through the site, which became known for ridiculously purple prose and an electric verbosity that could thrill or grate, depending on the reader.
—Hazlitt, 24 Jan. 2024
Nevertheless, those who wish to undermine church teachings will find in its ambiguity and verbosity license to do so.
—Madeleine Kearns, National Review, 24 Dec. 2023
The Art of Brevity — Saying More with Less
• Micro-moments: The fast pace of social media doesn’t afford the luxury of verbosity.
—Christian Anderson (trust'n), Rolling Stone, 14 Nov. 2023
Early reactions point toward the perpetually fan cast Idris Elba, or even Jason Momoa, whose breakout role as Khal Drogo could be a great starting point, with a slight uptick in verbosity.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 11 Nov. 2023
In other words, when there is no issue, the logs can remain in a low verbosity state, and then once an issue arises that needs troubleshooting, a developer can increase the verbosity in order to collect all of the necessary data with the click of a button.
—Shahar Fogel, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2023
This will allow your engineering team to zoom in on application components and change the verbosity for specific files, functions and services.
—Shahar Fogel, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2023
Lee Hockstader, Washington Post, 1 July 2024
Williams is regarded as a smart player, but has always played with a lot of emotion — and verbosity.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2024
The spirit of Lester Bangs was coursing through the site, which became known for ridiculously purple prose and an electric verbosity that could thrill or grate, depending on the reader.
—Hazlitt, 24 Jan. 2024
Nevertheless, those who wish to undermine church teachings will find in its ambiguity and verbosity license to do so.
—Madeleine Kearns, National Review, 24 Dec. 2023
The Art of Brevity — Saying More with Less
• Micro-moments: The fast pace of social media doesn’t afford the luxury of verbosity.
—Christian Anderson (trust'n), Rolling Stone, 14 Nov. 2023
Early reactions point toward the perpetually fan cast Idris Elba, or even Jason Momoa, whose breakout role as Khal Drogo could be a great starting point, with a slight uptick in verbosity.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 11 Nov. 2023
In other words, when there is no issue, the logs can remain in a low verbosity state, and then once an issue arises that needs troubleshooting, a developer can increase the verbosity in order to collect all of the necessary data with the click of a button.
—Shahar Fogel, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2023
This will allow your engineering team to zoom in on application components and change the verbosity for specific files, functions and services.
—Shahar Fogel, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2023
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“Verbosity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/verbosity. Accessed 24 Oct. 2024.
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