The basic idea here, despite all the verbiage, is simple There is plenty of irrelevant verbiage The way in which something is expressed; wording or diction We need to look at how the rule should be applied, based on the verbiage An excess of words for the purpose; wordiness. The manner ...
A way in which an expression or a situation can be interpreted; a meaning. It is not clear which sense of the word ‘characters’ is intended in this passage. A feeling that something is the case. She had the sense of being a political outsider. ...