long-winded adjectiverambling,prolonged,lengthy,tedious,diffuse,tiresome,wordy,long-drawn-out,garrulous,discursive,repetitious,overlong,verbose,prolixThe manifesto is long-winded and repetitious. brief,short,to the point,crisp,concise,terse,curt,laconic,succinct,pithy,sententious ...
Definitions from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition. adjectiveWearisomely verbose:synonym:wordy. adjectiveAble to maintain breathing power during exertion. from The Century Dictionary. Long-breathed; using much breath by prolonged speech. ...
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" 更多 英文 词典里"long-winded"的近义词 prolix, wordy, verbose是 英文 同义...
long-windedadj(wordy)SC冗长的,啰嗦的rǒng cháng de ,luō suō de TC冗長的,囉唆的 That was a long-winded answer to a simple question. long-windedlyadv(talking: for a long time)SC唠叨地, 啰嗦地, 说话冗长地 The audience started to cough and fidget as the mayor talked long-windedly ...
Speaking or writing at length; long-winded. Long Of a specified linear extent or duration A mile long. An hour long. Lengthy Having length; rather long or too long; prolix; not brief; - said chiefly of discourses, writings, and the like. Long Made up of many members or items A long...
Alongish, almost straight row of young Prussian recruits stretched among the slain, what are these? Then maybe I pull a soft black hat down over my hair and draw on gloves and go out into the gray-paved streets for alongishwalk.