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long-windedness
noun as in diffuseness
noun as in garrulity
noun as in pleonasm
noun as in prolixity
noun as in verbiage
noun as in verboseness
noun as in verbosity
Weak match
Example Sentences
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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