prolix (a)

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type a
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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
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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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