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| type | a |
| lex_filenum | 00 |
| def | tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at great length |
| examples | editing a prolix manuscript a prolix lecturer telling you more than you want to know |
| Outgoing links | |
| Also see | voluble |
| Attribute | prolixity, prolixness, windiness, long-windedness, wordiness |
| Derivationally related form | prolix → prolixness |
| Derivationally related form | prolix → prolixity |
| Antonym | prolix → concise |
| Similar to | diffuse; long-winded, tedious, verbose, windy, wordy; verbal; pleonastic, redundant, tautologic, tautological |
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| Antonym | concise → prolix |
| Similar to | diffuse; long-winded, tedious, verbose, windy, wordy; verbal; pleonastic, redundant, tautologic, tautological |
| Also see | voluble |
| Derivationally related form | prolixness → prolix |
| Derivationally related form | prolixity → prolix |
| Attribute | prolixity, prolixness, windiness, long-windedness, wordiness |
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