It could've been said in a less wordy way.
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Wordy
//ˈwɝdi//
Synonyms for "wordy" (57 found)
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Closest matches (12)
Strong matches (17)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (28)
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Synonyms
6 entriesderived
3 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
29 translations across 20 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- περισσολόγος adj (using an excessive number of words)
Bulgarian
1 entries- многосло́вен adj (using an excessive number of words)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 冗長 /冗长 adj (using an excessive number of words)
- 囉嗦 /啰嗦 adj (using an excessive number of words)
Finnish
1 entries- monisanainen adj (using an excessive number of words)
French
1 entries- verbeux adj (using an excessive number of words)
German
3 entries- langatmig adj (using an excessive number of words)
- weitschweifig adj (using an excessive number of words)
- wortreich adj (using an excessive number of words)
Hawaiian
1 entries- hoʻonui ʻōlelo adj (using an excessive number of words)
Irish
2 entries- foclach adj (using an excessive number of words)
- teangach adj (using an excessive number of words)
Italian
1 entries- prolisso adj (using an excessive number of words)
Japanese
3 entries- くどい adj (using an excessive number of words)
- くどくどしい adj (using an excessive number of words)
- 饒舌な adj (using an excessive number of words)
Latin
1 entries- verbōsus adj (using an excessive number of words)
Macedonian
3 entries- го́ворен adj (using an excessive number of words)
- многугла́голив adj (using an excessive number of words)
- ре́чев adj (using an excessive number of words)
Middle English
1 entries- wordy adj (using an excessive number of words)
Polish
1 entries- przegadany adj (using an excessive number of words)
Portuguese
2 entries- palavroso adj (using an excessive number of words)
- prolixo adj (using an excessive number of words)
Romanian
1 entries- prolix adj (using an excessive number of words)
Russian
1 entries- многосло́вный adj (using an excessive number of words)
Turkish
1 entries- sözü uzatan adj (using an excessive number of words)
Ukrainian
1 entries- багатослі́вний adj (using an excessive number of words)
Welsh
1 entries- geiriog adj (using an excessive number of words)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
After a while, at the second bottle perhaps, cheerfulness will supervene, then mirth and garrulity, ending, as the night closes round, with wordy contention and a general brawl.
Source: tatoeba (10970968)
I wrote a very wordy email to some local officials asking for better bicycle infrastructure.
Source: tatoeba (11059357)
Tom's answer was very wordy.
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