be prolix
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Fondrie's sentence is the shortest winner in the prize's history, "proving that bad writing need not be prolix, or even very wordy", said organisers.
From The Guardian • Jul. 27, 2011
But it is possible to be prolix without being an Antimachus, and the prolixity of Statius is quite sufficient.
From Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal by Butler, Harold Edgeworth
I have so much to tell you, that I shall be prolix, for I have to recount to you the most painful, the most romantic incident of my life.
From Mysteries of Paris, V3 by Sue, Eugène
It is harder for French writers to be prolix.
From The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 by Various
Not to be prolix on this subject—let us remember one capital illustration—that of the clown and his two pieces of fireworks.
From Shoulder-Straps A Novel of New York and the Army, 1862 by Morford, Henry
