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long-windedness

noun as in diffuseness

noun as in verbiage

noun as in verbosity

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Paradoxically, a 560-page memoir is a safe space in which at last no one can accuse him of long-windedness.

The president also joked about the contrast between his own reputation for long-windedness and Reid’s laconic style.

USA Today’s Susan Page, who moderated the debate between Vice President Mike Pence and Democrat Kamala Harris, was bedeviled by the candidates’ long-windedness and elusiveness, preventing her from following up questions unanswered.

He became helpfully competitive with himself, proudly marking any triumphs over long-windedness.

Lucas makes an energizing Descendant, though the character’s poetic speeches occasionally suffer from long-windedness.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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