What does verbosity mean?
Definitions for verbosity
-ˈbɒs ɪ tiver·bosi·ty
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Princeton's WordNet
verboseness, verbositynoun
an expressive style that uses excessive or empty words
Wiktionary
verbositynoun
The excess use of words, especially using more than are needed for clarity or precision; long-windedness
Etymology: verbose + -ity; confer Late Latin verbositas, from (Classical) Latin verbosus, from verbum "the word"
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Verbosity
Verbosity or verboseness is speech or writing that uses more words than necessary. The opposite of verbosity is plain language. Some teachers, including the author of The Elements of Style, warn against verbosity; similarly Mark Twain and Ernest Hemingway, among others, famously avoid it. Synonyms include wordiness, verbiage, prolixity, grandiloquence, garrulousness, expatiation, logorrhea, sesquipedalianism, and overwriting.
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verbosity
Verbosity is the quality of using more words than necessary to convey a message; it refers to a style of communication that is wordy, lengthy, or overly detailed. It can also refer to the tendency of an individual to speak or write in such a manner.
Webster Dictionary
Verbositynoun
the quality or state of being verbose; the use of more words than are necessary; prolixity; wordiness; verbiage
Etymology: [L. verbositas: cf. F. verbosit.]
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Verbosity
Verbosity refers to speech or writing which is deemed to use an excess of words. Adjectival forms are verbose, wordy, prolix and garrulous. Examples are the expressions "in the vicinity of" and "in order to". The opposite of verbosity is succinctness that can be found in plain language and laconism.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of verbosity in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of verbosity in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of verbosity in a Sentence
Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things.
He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument.
Do not fight verbosity with words: speech is given to all, intelligence to few.
Do not fight verbosity with words speech is given to all, intelligence to few.
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