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Synonyms
circuitous, circumlocutory, diffuse, garrulous, logorrheic, long-winded, pleonastic, prolix, rambling, verbose, windy
Antonyms
compact, concise, crisp, pithy, succinct, terse
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Unfair surprise occurs when the provision is buried in a wordy document. — Dan Eaton, San Diego Union-Tribune, "Why otherwise defective arbitration agreements may be enforced against high-ranking executives," 19 Aug. 2019 Johnson’s political stylings are bombastic and wordy—this is, after all, a man who styles himself as a Shakespeare expert and Classical enthusiast. — Natasha Frost, Quartz, "No, Boris Johnson isn’t the UK’s Donald Trump," 25 July 2019 Much of the publicity for the evening had been the experiment in artificial intelligence, buzz-wordy A.I. being an optimal search engine phrase. — Mark Swed, latimes.com, "Review: Thomas Adès’ spectacular ‘Inferno’ gets the Wayne McGregor and Tacita Dean touch," 14 July 2019 Its more formal name is Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance, but that may be too wordy for conversations. — Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com, "Disney Star Wars: A galactic glossary for navigating Galaxy’s Edge," 31 July 2019 Before Editor Ji, apps like Inshorts and Shortpedia, were launched to cash in on the demand for less-wordy, short-format news. — Sangeeta Tanwar, Quartz India, "TV anchor Vikram Chandra bets on AI-powered short videos to fix India’s broken news scene," 29 July 2019 And that doesn't include the other slightly wordier ways in which Mueller declined to answer lawmakers' questions. — CBS News, "Robert Mueller's congressional testimony – the takeaways," 24 July 2019 Gorsuch is also wordy, penning 19 long opinions out of 23. — Ephrat Livni, Quartz, "We charted the ideological lines along which each Supreme Court justice voted," 3 July 2019 For me, this is all a bit too wordy, too cutesy, and too much. — New York Times, "Fun Things to Do This Weekend: Pride, Summer Solstice and Sensory Overload in Brighton Beach," 21 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'wordy.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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