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as in rambling
using or containing more words than necessary to express an idea
her writing style is far too wordy for my tastes
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as in rhetoric
of or relating to words or language
the neighborhood dispute escalated into a wordy war conducted through angry letters to the editor in the local paper
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Recent Examples of wordy
Though some critics at the time were exasperated by having to read such a big, wordy book, The Times selected it as one of the best books of the year.
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Carolyn Kellogg, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2025
In the clip, Harris gave a wordy answer when asked about Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
Payton has said, both with Nix and Russell Wilson before, that the main point of the band is to shorten some of the wordiest play calls.
—Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 4 Mar. 2025
A week after the Succession alum made a throwaway joke about a certain someone's wordy speeches, Adrien Brody broke the record for longest Oscars acceptance speech.
—EW.com, 3 Mar. 2025
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Carolyn Kellogg, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2025
In the clip, Harris gave a wordy answer when asked about Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
Payton has said, both with Nix and Russell Wilson before, that the main point of the band is to shorten some of the wordiest play calls.
—Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 4 Mar. 2025
A week after the Succession alum made a throwaway joke about a certain someone's wordy speeches, Adrien Brody broke the record for longest Oscars acceptance speech.
—EW.com, 3 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wordy
Adjective
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Kiehne was frustrated with the Joneses because the county government wouldn’t grade the dirt road up to his ranch, a rambling territory along the New Mexico border.—
Mitch Moxley,
Rolling Stone,
27 Sep. 2025
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Check out the fragrant Kelleher Rose Garden and the rambling Fenway Victory Gardens, originally planted by citizens in 1941 as a source of food during World War II.—
Kori Perten,
AFAR Media,
24 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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In this Pixar staple, elderly widower Carl sets off on an adventure to fulfill his late wife’s dream, only to be accompanied by an eager Boy Scout and an annoyingly talkative dog.—
Jenna Ryu,
SELF,
16 Sep. 2025
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After all, for seven seasons, Graham and Bledel starred as the unstoppable (and oh-so-talkative) mother-daughter duo of Lorelai and Rory Gilmore, the two besties at the center of Stars Hollow, a small Connecticut town with a very big personality.—
Samantha Highfill,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Multiple spectators were ejected and others got into verbal disputes with players.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
28 Sep. 2025
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After the pursuit, Reeve appeared to engage in a verbal altercation with the game official.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
28 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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In 1949, a young American artist named Ray Johnson left Black Mountain College near Asheville, N.C., moved to New York City and began to explore his prolix talents, both visual and verbal.—
Roberta Smith,
New York Times,
30 May 2024
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His answer is this book: a laudably sincere, exasperatingly prolix and occasionally affecting rumination on the state of Egypt—its society, culture, history and politics—pegged to the maddening bureaucracy of the archive.—
Kapil Komireddi,
WSJ,
12 Mar. 2023
Adjective
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By adding sixth grade, Cruz said the school was able to hire a part-time music teacher, who also can speak Spanish and integrate cultural and linguistic activities into music instruction.—
Alec Johnson,
jsonline.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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This conversation concentrates on the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) as a Platonic model not only within the English language but in countless other linguistic ecosystems.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Whitney Decker told the detective her ex-husband had always been communicative about their children and previously returned them when he was supposed to.—
Matt Lavietes,
NBC news,
19 Sep. 2025
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Communicate And Collaborate On AI Usage Rules Be collaborative and communicative.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Wordy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wordy. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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