Tag: prolix

•  Adjective: Prolix
  1. unduly prolonged or drawn out :  too long
  2. marked by or using an excess of words

• Synonyms:
  1. long-winded
  2. verbose
  3. wordy
  4. pleonastic
  5. discursive
  6. rambling
  7. long-drawn-out
  8. overlong
  9. lengthy
  10. protracted
  11. interminable
• Usage:

“Wintergreen determined the outcome by throwing all communications from General Peckem into the wastebasket. He found them too prolix.”

Encountered:

While reading Catch-22  by Joseph Heller

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