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Long-winded
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What's The Definition Of Long-winded?
[adj] using or containing too many words; "long-winded (or windy) speakers"; "verbose and ineffective instructional methods"; "newspapers of the day printed long wordy editorials"; "proceedings were delayed by wordy disputes"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Long-winded: prolix | tedious | verbose | windy | wordy Related Terms | Find terms related to Long-winded: all jaw | blah | broken-record | candid | chatty | communicative | conversational | de longue haleine | drawn-out | drearisome | dreary | dry | dryasdust | dull | dusty | effusive | endless | everlasting | expansive | extended | filled out | flip | fluent | frank | gabby | garrulous | gassy | glib | gossipy | gregarious | gushy | harping | humdrum | interminable | invariable | jog-trot | languishing | lasting | lengthened | lengthy | lingering | long | long-continuing | long-drawn | long-drawn-out | longiloquent | long-pending | long-spun | loquacious | marathon | monotonous | multiloquent | multiloquious | newsy | overlong | overtalkative | padded | prolix | prolonged | protracted | singsong | smooth | sociable | spun-out | stretched-out | talkative | talky | tedious | treadmill | uneventful | unrelenting | unvarying | verbose | voluble | windy | wordy See Also | Long-winded In Webster's Dictionary \Long"-wind"ed\, a.
Long-breathed; hence, tediously long in speaking; consuming
much time; as, a long-winded talker. -- {Long"-wind"ed*ness},
n.
A tedious, long-winded harangue. --South.
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