long-winded
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5.8
- adjective
- /ˈlɔːŋˌwɪndɪd/
- We're all put off at parties when a long-winded bore corners us.
- long-winded speech
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Watch on YouTubeAnd so that was a long winded response to your question.
- And so that was a long winded response to your question.
- So that's my very long winded answer to that question.
- That's sort of my long winded answer to your question.
- And Shelley Long gives this long winded sort of farewell to the troops.
- Still, I'm a bit more long winded now, so I think old men get like that.
- But within these seemingly meandering and long winded texts, there are so many gems.
- So there is a little bit of an update and it's kind of long winded.
- So now Hegel says in a fairly long winded way, we're going to study this in a bit more depth.
- And I gave this crazy, crazy long winded proof where it had like this like nested chain of modules.
- But that's, that's a long winded answer to your question.
- But Maul, I knew Maul was going to be long winded when he was on.
- The point of this long winded introduction here is thank you.
- And back to you Joe, that's a long winded thing.
Examples
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His long-winded explanation made the meeting feel twice as long.
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The point of this long winded introduction here is thank you.
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And so that was a long winded response to your question.
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So that might have been a long winded way to explain it, but you did great.
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OK, fine, I guess I can be a little long-winded at times.
Academic text (2016) -
There are few things in life worse than a long-winded lawyer.
Fiction book (1995) -
I figured he had not found my long-winded speech too annoying.
Fiction book (2001) -
Anyway, a long winded way of saying I have always struggled with this idea of courage.
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So that's my very long winded answer to that question.
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Bill Harding is the most long-winded man I have ever known in my life.
Synonyms
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3.5
Lasting a long time and making people bored
10
5.5
Long confused speech or writing that is hard to follow
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3.7
Using more words than needed makes the meaning hard to understand
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7.1
Using more words than needed in speech or writing
2
6.8
Using more words than needed when speaking or writing
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5.0
Said slowly with sounds made longer
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9.5
Using too many words so it is hard to follow
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9.9
Using more words than needed, often repeating the same idea
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9.9
Talking a lot quickly and without stopping
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9.9
To use more words than needed in speech or writing to say something simple
Using more words than needed to say what you mean in a roundabout way
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Etymology
Long-winded is made of long meaning 'long in time' and winded from 'wind' meaning 'breath', like when you are 'out of breath' after running. That's why long-winded describes someone who talks so much they seem to need many breaths or simply uses too many words.