Adjective complement with noun phrase

• seem: The procedure can seem a bit long-winded at times.

Modifies a noun

• explanation: But if a solid sales pitch doesn't weigh up the long-winded explanations, the job can become an exercise in futility.

• title: These had a new and rather long-winded title - Children's BBC But First This.

• way: Hanging clothes outside to dry is just a long-winded way of throwing them into the sea.

• process: Plus GLA, ODPM and the rest of the long-winded process.

• phrase: You might cut out a section, drop three paragraphs of marginal interest and cut down on long-winded phrases.

• description: Keep in mind that illustrations, diagrams and photographs can often bring your story to life much more effectively than a long-winded description.

Modifying Another Word

• rather: By modern standards, it may well be rather long-winded.

• too: Paul: Not good media material; too long-winded.

• very: Rick and I wrote the song and, although you wouldn't think so for such a simple song, it was very long-winded.

• little: They may now understand why I had to be a little long-winded.

• so: The whole process is so long-winded and complicated that many farmers are unable to even understand the standard letters they are sent.

• quite: The process of business negotiation can be quite long-winded.

Used with adjective complement

• seem: I could have opened up BBEdit or something similar and constructed the appropriate find and replace there, but that seemed annoyingly long-winded.

• write: Some created arrays which they used as lookup lists while others did it the old fashioned way by writing long-winded IF.. .