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wordy

[wur-dee] / ˈwɜr di /


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With sad brown eyes, he offered drab, wordy pronouncements in a gentle voice.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026

Its wordy libretto, faithfully adapted by Philip Littell from the Tennessee Williams play, is a bit too long.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 15, 2026

"They're quite wordy so you could argue that a lot of subjective marking could happen," Polley said.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

Users — especially those who made the switch to Claude — have recently slammed the app for being unnecessarily wordy and preachy in tone.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 25, 2026

The music from the settlement stays the same, messy and wordy and bending around itself like a monkey.

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness




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