wordiness

wordiness
noun see wordy

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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  • Wordiness — Word i*ness, n. The quality or state of being wordy, or abounding with words; verboseness. Jeffrey. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • wordiness — index fustian, prolixity Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • wordiness — wordy ► ADJECTIVE (wordier, wordiest) ▪ using or expressed in too many words. DERIVATIVES wordily adverb wordiness noun …   English terms dictionary

  • wordiness — See wordily. * * * …   Universalium

  • wordiness — noun The excessive, often unnecessary, use of words in a sentence. Syn: verbosity …   Wiktionary

  • wordiness — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. redundance, redundancy, diffuseness, circumlocution, repetition, verbiage, verbosity, turgidity, prolixity, tautology, indirectness, periphrasis, flow of words, rhetoric, fullness, pleonasm, copiousness, bombast,… …   English dictionary for students

  • wordiness — word·i·ness || wÉœrdɪnɪs / wɜː n. excessive use of words; overly verbal …   English contemporary dictionary

  • wordiness — n verbosity, verbiage, loquacity, garrulity, talkativeness, prolixity, long windedness; glibness, Inf. gabbiness, Inf. gift of gab, Inf. windiness, Sl. gassiness, Sl. big mouth; circumlocution, digres siveness, discursiveness, ambagiousness,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • wordiness — word·i·ness …   English syllables

  • wordiness — noun boring verbosity • Syn: ↑prolixity, ↑prolixness, ↑windiness, ↑long windedness • Derivationally related forms: ↑long winded (for: ↑long windedness), ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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