| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| wordy |
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| SYLLABICATION: | word·y |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  wûr d |
| ADJECTIVE: | Inflected forms: word·i·er, word·i·est
1. Relating to or consisting of words; verbal. 2. Tending to use, using, or expressed in more words than are necessary to convey meaning. | | OTHER FORMS: | wordi·ly —ADVERB
wordi·ness —NOUN
| | SYNONYMS: | wordy, diffuse, long-winded, prolix, verbose These adjectives mean given to using or marked by the use of an excessive number of words: a wordy apology; a diffuse historical novel; a long-winded speaker; a prolix, tedious lecturer; verbose correspondence.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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