The manual was so prolix that I still haven't understood how it works.
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Prolix
/pɹoʊˈlɪks/
Synonyms for "prolix" (117 found)
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Closest matches (24)
all jawarticulateblahboringbroken-recordcandidchattycommunicativeconversationalde longue haleinede tropdiffusediscursivedispensabledrearisomedrearydrydryasdustdulldusty
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Adjective(2 words)
Noun(1 words)
editorial conciseness
Strong matches (35)
Adjective(1 words)
excessive wordiness
Noun(1 words)
Related words (58)
Adjective(11 words)
ornate dictionoverlongoverstuffedperiphrasticverbalverboseverbose stylevoluminouswordierwordiestwordy
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7 entriescircumlocutory paragraphcircumlocutory passagelong-winded sentenceornate dictionperiphrastic passageprolix descriptionwordy paragraph
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6 entriesperiphrastic styleprolix paragraphprolix proseprolix rhetoricprolix sentenceprolix writing
Inflections
2 entriesmore prolixmost prolix
Derivations
2 entriesAntonyms
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11 entriesSample sentences
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You should try to avoid prolix wording.
Source: tatoeba (3545897)
Many readers will get lost if your writing is too prolix.
Source: tatoeba (3545899)
You are going to lose a lot of readers if your writing is too prolix.
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