āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
long-winded
/lËÉÅwËÉĒndÉĒd/
long-winded
01
āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžāϞ, āĻĻā§āϰā§āĻ-āĻŦāĻā§āϤā§āϤāĻž
(of text, writing, or speech) using too many words, making it long and hard to follow
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She gave a long-winded account of her weekend, detailing every minor event.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšāĻžāύā§āϤā§āϰ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŽā§āĻŦāϰāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāϰāĻŖ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύ, āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ āĻāĻāύāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦāϰā§āĻŖāύāĻž āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤
02
āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžāϞ, āĻĻā§āϰā§āĻāĻŦāĻā§āϤāĻž
describing a person who speaks or writes in a way that is overly detailed, repetitive, or unnecessarily lengthy
Old use
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As a long-winded writer, she filled her articles with more words than needed.
āĻāĻāĻāύ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžāϞ āϞā§āĻāĻ āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āύāĻŋāĻŦāύā§āϧāĻā§āϞāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§āĻāύā§āϝāĻŧāϤāĻžāϰ āĻā§āϝāĻŧā§ āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āĻāϰāϤā§āύāĨ¤
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