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verbose
adjective as in wordy, long-winded
Example Sentences
She has used verbose phrases when speaking off the cuff, and while a few turns of phrase have been embraced by her supporters, opponents have often criticised her for a lack of clarity.
He’s a very quiet, gentle man and not super verbose, but then suddenly he’ll come up with a lot to say.
He is very verbose and speaks in a certain way.
The play is verbose, the plot is sluggishly novelistic and the operatic scale is indulgent.
On Thursday, the world witnessed a new, verbose chapter in those efforts: Mr. Putin’s two-hour interview, taped in a gilded hall at the Kremlin, with one of America’s most prominent and most divisive conservative commentators.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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