wordier; wordiest
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The original script was too wordy.
her writing style is far too wordy for my tastes
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Using the Concise function on highlighted text to boil it down strips out too much personality, while the Friendly function gets too wordy and often misses the sentence's or paragraph's original point.
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PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
This is a talky chamber piece of philosophical face-offs, debate duels and wordy warfare, though the outcomes remain just as harrowing.
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 7 Nov. 2024
Airing on October 6, the 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris included a question on the Middle East to which Harris initially gave a meandering, wordy answer.
—Alena Botros, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2024
In the clip, Harris gave a wordy answer when Whitaker confronted her about Netanyahu seeming to not listen to the U.S. about how to handle conflict in the Middle East.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
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PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
This is a talky chamber piece of philosophical face-offs, debate duels and wordy warfare, though the outcomes remain just as harrowing.
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 7 Nov. 2024
Airing on October 6, the 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris included a question on the Middle East to which Harris initially gave a meandering, wordy answer.
—Alena Botros, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2024
In the clip, Harris gave a wordy answer when Whitaker confronted her about Netanyahu seeming to not listen to the U.S. about how to handle conflict in the Middle East.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Wordy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wordy. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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wordy
adjective
wordier; wordiest
: using or containing too many words
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