windy
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6.8
- adjective
- /ˈwɪndi/
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verboso
- I want to tell you a story about a painting—a long and windy story that's not really about a painting at all.
- windy speech
- windy road
- windy day
Like if you're at a windy conference, yes, 'cause then you can just be ripping.
- Like if you're at a windy conference, yes, 'cause then you can just be ripping.
Examples
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Sti makes a long, and if truth be told, somewhat windy policy speech, fleshing out the details of the three-point plan.
Fiction book (1997) -
To read the incredibly long, incredibly windy Republican version
Blog text (11) -
But that's a pretty long, windy thing.
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Most of his windy rhetorical phrases are questioned by The Curious and The Second Unknown Person.
Academic text (1997) -
The professor's lecture was so windy that many students struggled to stay awake.
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Her windy explanations often made it hard for the audience to grasp the main points.
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During the meeting, his windy arguments only confused everyone and wasted time.
Synonyms
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5.5
Long confused speech or writing that is hard to follow
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5.8
Saying or writing more words than needed and taking too long
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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
Talking a lot quickly and without stopping
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
Compounds
How Wordy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
A helpful way to remember windy meaning 'long-winded' is to think of someone full of 'hot air'. It comes from wind 'moving air' used as a picture for speech that is puffed up, so windy speech has more words than needed.