windily
- adverb
- /ˈwɪndɪli/
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de manera verbosa
- The architecture might be even more hideous than that of Montreal or Toronto, but it was "cheerily and windily so" (103).
Examples
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She often writes windily, filling her essays with unnecessary details and lengthy descriptions.
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The professor explained the theory windily, using more complicated language than necessary.
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During the presentation, he spoke windily, making the simple topic sound overly complex with his long-winded explanations.
Synonyms
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For a long time and with too many details
In a way that uses more words than needed
To speak or write using too many words so people lose interest
To say or write more than needed about something
Talking or writing that moves between ideas without clear order
In a friendly way that shows someone enjoys speaking a lot
To speak a lot and fill silences with words
Talking a lot in a way that annoys others
In a long, fancy way that sounds too important when speaking or writing
To speak or write in a showy, formal way using fancy words
In a showy, proud way using big, fancy words
Antonyms
How Wordy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Windily comes from windy, which comes from wind, a simple word for 'air' or 'a breeze'. People began to call speech with many empty words 'windy', like saying someone is 'full of hot air', so windily now means 'in a long, wordy way'.