Definitions for wordy
ˈwɜr diwordy

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. long-winded, tedious, verbose, windy, wordyadjective

   using or containing too many words

   "long-winded (or windy) speakers"; "verbose and ineffective instructional methods"; "newspapers of the day printed long wordy editorials"; "proceedings were delayed by wordy disputes"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. wordyadjective

   Using an excessive number of words.

   The story was long and very wordy.

2. Etymology: From woordy, from wordig, equivalent to. Cognate with orðigur.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Wordyadjective

   Verbose; full of words.

   Etymology: from word.

   Phocion, beholding a wordy orator, while he was making a magnificent speech full of vain promises, said, I now fix my eyes upon a cypress-tree: it has all the pomp imaginable in its branches, leaves, and height; but it bears no fruit. Spectat.

   We need not lavish hours in wordy periods,
   As do the Romans, ere they dare to fight. Ambrose Philips, Briton.

   Intemp’rate rage, a wordy war, began. Alexander Pope.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. wordy

   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.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. wordy

   Wordy refers to something that uses more words than necessary, often in an attempt to sound more eloquent or intellectual, but which ultimately results in the content being overly complicated or unclear. It can pertain to a piece of writing, a speech, or an individual's manner of speaking. A wordy expression or communication is typically long-winded, verbose or excessively detailed.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Wordy

   of or pertaining to words; consisting of words; verbal; as, a wordy war

2. Wordy

   using many words; verbose; as, a wordy speaker

3. Wordy

   containing many words; full of words

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Anagrams for wordy »

1. rowdy

2. dowry

How to pronounce wordy?

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How to say wordy in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of wordy in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of wordy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of wordy in a Sentence

1. George Eliot:

   Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=wordy
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wordy
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=wordy
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wordy
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wordy
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=wordy