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wordiness::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | long-windedness, prolixity, prolixness, windiness |
| Type of | verboseness, verbosity |
| Has types | turgidity, turgidness, flatulence |
| Derivation | wordy |
Examples of wordiness
wordiness
Scott's ponderousness and wordiness were out of step with Modernist sensibilities.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Excessive wordiness and formality can come across as stilted, pretentious or forced.
From the dispatch.com
Quite right about the wordiness but I cross-posted as a response to another article.
From the guardian.co.uk
Also, China had to introduce competition to overcome extreme back-wordiness.
From the guardian.co.uk
In the last sentence of the first paragraph, there is a perfect example of wordiness.
From the economist.com
What dims his exhibition, at least for me, is its excessive wordiness.
From the washingtonpost.com
Any pockets of intellectual wordiness that crop up are tempered by his mellifluous phrasing.
From the bostonherald.com
There are far fewer grammatical errors, but wordiness and awkward phrasing remains an issue.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Too often, Walsh's wordiness gets in the way of characters'self-revelations and confessions.
From the dailyherald.com
- Prolixity: boring verbosity
- (wordy) 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"
- Wordiness is the use of more words than necessary. As it makes a text slightly harder to read, it is usually discouraged. Blaise Pascal wrote to his cousin in apology, "I have made this letter longer because I have not had time to make it shorter".
- The excessive, often unnecessary, use of words in a sentence
- (wordy) Using an excessive number of words
