long-winded
21long-winded — adj 1. verbose, prolix, garrulous, wordy, longiloquent, Inf. windy; diffuse, discursive, digressive, maundering, rambling, wandering, roving, aimless; circumlocutory, roundabout, ambagious. 2. extended, protracted, prolonged, lengthened, drawn… …
22long-winded — adj. 1 (of speech or writing) tediously lengthy. 2 able to run a long distance without rest. Derivatives: long windedly adv. long windedness n …
23long-winded — a. 1. Long breathed. 2. Protracted, prolonged, spun out. 3. Tedious, wearisome …
24long-winded — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. tedious. See diffuseness, weariness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. redundant, wordy, prolix; see verbose . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. wordy, verbose, prolix, *windy, diffuse, rambling,… …
25long-winded — verbose, wordy, using more words than necessary (in speaking and/or writing) …
26long-winded — Lengthy. Slow. Verbose …
27long´-wind´ed|ness — long wind|ed «LNG WIHN dihd, LONG », adjective. 1. talking or writing at great lengths; tiresome: »a long winded speaker, a long winded sermon. 2. capable of long effort without getting out of breath: »A long distance runner must be long winded.… …
28long´-wind´ed|ly — long wind|ed «LNG WIHN dihd, LONG », adjective. 1. talking or writing at great lengths; tiresome: »a long winded speaker, a long winded sermon. 2. capable of long effort without getting out of breath: »A long distance runner must be long winded.… …
29long-wind|ed — «LNG WIHN dihd, LONG », adjective. 1. talking or writing at great lengths; tiresome: »a long winded speaker, a long winded sermon. 2. capable of long effort without getting out of breath: »A long distance runner must be long winded. These horses… …
30Long-windedness — Long winded Long wind ed, a. 1. Long breathed; hence, tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; as, a long winded talker. [1913 Webster] A tedious, long winded harangue. South. [1913 Webster] 2. using or containing too many words; as, long …
