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long-winded Definition

long·-winded (-win′did)

adjective

  1. capable of considerable exertion without getting out of breath
    1. speaking or writing at great, often tiresome length
    2. tiresomely long: said of a speech, writing, etc.

long-winded Related Forms
long′·-wind′edly adverb long′·-wind′edness noun
long-winded Synonyms

long-winded

modif.

redundant, wordy, prolix; see verbose.

long-winded Usage Examples

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.. .