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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024word•y /ˈwɜrdi/USA pronunciation adj., -i•er, -i•est. - showing or making use of too many words;
verbose:a wordy speech.
word•i•ness, n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024word•y (wûr′dē),USA pronunciation adj., word•i•er, word•i•est. - characterized by or given to the use of many, or too many, words;
verbose:She grew impatient at his wordy reply. - pertaining to or consisting of words;
verbal.
- bef. 1100; Middle English; Old English wordig. See word, -y1
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged diffuse, talkative, loquacious, voluble. Wordy, prolix, redundant, pleonastic all mean using more words than necessary to convey a desired meaning. Wordy, the broadest and least specific of these terms, may, in addition to indicating an excess of words, suggest a garrulousness or loquaciousness:a wordy, gossipy account of a simple incident.Prolix refers to speech or writing extended to great and tedious length with inconsequential details:a prolix style that tells you more than you need or want to know.Redundant and pleonastic both refer to unnecessary repetition of language. Redundant has also a generalized sense of "excessive'' or "no longer needed'':the dismissal of redundant employees.In describing language, it most often refers to overelaboration through the use of expressions that repeat the sense of other expressions in a passage:a redundant text crammed with amplifications of the obvious.Pleonastic, usually a technical term, refers most often to expressions that repeat something that has been said before:"A true fact'' and "a free gift'' are pleonastic expressions.
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