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verbose::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | long-winded, tedious, windy, wordy |
| Derivation | verboseness, verbosity |
verbose and ineffective instructional methods.
Examples of verbose
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Both morose and verbose, Dylan Moran is one of the finest stand-ups of our time.
From the metro.co.uk
This wasn't a decision to not recognize a verbose or just plain dumb colleague.
From the freep.com
One of the largest pieces, a 4-foot by 6-foot painting, might be the most verbose.
From the thestate.com
One is successful, rich and reticent, the other's a failure, poor and verbose.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
These export and import rules may seem unnecessarily restrictive and verbose.
From the en.wikipedia.org
I tend to be overly verbose so I'm always looking for shorter ways of saying.
From the blogs.psychcentral.com
And does Stone, who's as angry as he is verbose, really belong back on the streets?
From the stltoday.com
And, like Mascis, Vile offers contrast by way of some sharply verbose guitar leads.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Yes, I know George Will can be a bit verbose and sound high-handed at times.
From the stltoday.com
- Long-winded: 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"
- (verbosity) verboseness: an expressive style that uses excessive or empty words
- Prolixity (from Latin prolixus, "extended"; also called wordiness, verbosity and garrulousness) in language refers to speech or writing which uses an excess of words. Adjectival forms include prolix, wordy, verbose, and garrulous.
- Abounding in words, containing more words than necessary. Long winded, or windy; Producing unusually detailed output for diagnostic purposes
- (verbosity) The excess use of words, especially using more than are needed for clarity or precision; long-windedness
- Forum format which displays the entire text of each post in the message board.
- An optional mode when running a program that will display varying levels of status messages as it is processing.
- Print filenames as they are processed.
