The manual was so prolix that I still haven't understood how it works.
Source: tatoeba (3239797)
Prolix
//pɹoʊˈlɪks//
Synonyms for "prolix" (117 found)
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Related words (58)
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3 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
4 entriesrelated to
3 entriessimilar
15 entriesTranslations
39 translations across 21 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- излишно подробен adj (tediously lengthy)
- многословен adj (tediously lengthy)
Catalan
1 entries- prolix adj (tediously lengthy)
Czech
1 entries- zdlouhavý adj (tediously lengthy)
Dutch
1 entries- langdradig adj (tediously lengthy)
Finnish
1 entries- pitkäpiimäinen adj (tediously lengthy)
French
4 entries- fastidieux adj (tediously lengthy)
- phraseur adj (tediously lengthy)
- prolixe adj (tediously lengthy)
- raseur adj (tediously lengthy)
German
1 entries- weitschweifig adj (tediously lengthy)
Hungarian
2 entries- hosszadalmas adj (tediously lengthy)
- terjengős adj (tediously lengthy)
Italian
4 entries- iperverboso adj (tediously lengthy)
- prolisso adj (tediously lengthy)
- ridondante adj (tediously lengthy)
- verboso adj (tediously lengthy)
Japanese
2 entries- くどい adj (tediously lengthy)
- 諄々しい adj (tediously lengthy)
Lithuanian
1 entries- ištęstas adj (tediously lengthy)
Macedonian
2 entries- преопширен adj (tediously lengthy)
- развлечен adj (tediously lengthy)
Māori
1 entries- autaki adj (tediously lengthy)
Polish
1 entries- przegadany adj (tediously lengthy)
Portuguese
1 entries- prolixo adj (tediously lengthy)
Romanian
1 entries- prolix adj (tediously lengthy)
Russian
3 entries- затя́нутый adj (tediously lengthy)
- многосло́вный adj (tediously lengthy)
- простра́нный adj (tediously lengthy)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- fadalach adj (tediously lengthy)
- liosta adj (tediously lengthy)
- màirnealach adj (tediously lengthy)
Spanish
4 entries- chicharra adj (tediously lengthy)
- fastidioso adj (tediously lengthy)
- prolijo adj (tediously lengthy)
- verboso adj (tediously lengthy)
Swedish
1 entries- långrandig adj (tediously lengthy)
Tagalog
1 entries- mahabang talumpati adj (tediously lengthy)
Sample 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.
Source: tatoeba (3545900)
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