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long-windedly

adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adv

Meaning 1

In a long-winded manner; employing more lengthy phrasing than required.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1962, Isaac Babel quoted by Konstantin Paustovsky in “Reminiscences of Babel” in Patricia Blake and Max Hayward (editors), Dissonant Voices in Soviet Literature, New York: Pantheon, p. 50, Perhaps my sentences are too short. This may be partly due to my chronic asthma. I can’t talk long-windedly; I’m short of breath.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adverb

Meaning 2

in a verbose manner

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • she explained her ideas verbosely

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: verbosely, windily, wordily

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

* long-winded + -ly