Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The quality of being wordy or of abounding with words.
Wiktionary
- n. The excessive, often unnecessary, use of words in a sentence.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The quality or state of being wordy, or abounding with words; verboseness.
WordNet 3.0
- n. boring verbosity
Etymologies
- wordy + -ness (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Sometimes they are better replaced by the more concise regarding, concerning, about or as to, but not always: when used infrequently their relative wordiness is not unsightly.”
“I find that I have so many words inside I have to get them out, which despite my aforementioned wordiness, is impossible.”
“[...] they are better replaced by the more concise regarding, concerning, about or as to, but not always: when used infrequently their relative wordiness is not unsightly.”
“I would say that the "wordiness" worked well when used to fill out the world-building, character backstory, or the setting in general..but tripped me up when trying to hint at plot points.”
“But I have a solution if he's worried about "wordiness": Someone give him a Hemingway novel! posted by pgenrestories at 2:21 PM”
“I agree about the daunting size and "wordiness" of the series, but I can see where GRRM is going with this, and I totally appreciate his efforts.”
An Epic Fantasy Virgin Reads George R.R. Martin's A Game of Thrones
“The archbishop of Canterbury supported Stratford's proposal, conceding how the "wordiness" of baptisms might lead to "eyes glazing over".”
“Apparently this post is all about the made up wordiness as well.”
“The books were fantastic, yes, but the movies took those books and cut out the wordiness, the drudgery, and historical rambling J. R.R Tolkien was prone to, and spun the richness and heart of his story and characters.”
“But what seems to undermine this particular father's sanity more than his daughter's lack of well-being is the letter's inelegant sentence construction and, horror of editorial horrors, its wordiness.”
The Wall Street Journal: The Vital Importance of the First Scene
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘wordiness’.
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henryar's list
marmoleum, menagerie, cyan, ochre, pilfer, discombobulate, loquacious, iridescent, amethyst, derelict, botulism, equilibrium and 240 more...
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Yazhinni Spelling bee
tongue, stallion, scruple, salinity, schedule, rouge, populist, Permian, perspire, pasteurize, multitude, mournful and 227 more...
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GCI
spinster, maiden, happy-go-lucky, homonym, ill-at-ease, saw red, out of sorts, hot under the collar, taken aback, pen-names, alias, shoelaces and 378 more...
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ginnylev's Words
neuroplasticity, repudiate, scintilla, ruminate, tautology, ombudsman, exigent, filibuster, grace, ambidextrous, amends, disclosure and 623 more...
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Circumlocution
The use of unnecessarily wordy or indirect language.
periphrasis, cledonism, euphemism, amphilogism, equivocation, circumlocution, periphrase, ambage, hendiadys, hendiatris, tautology, overstate and 17 more...
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Tweets
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victoriapl "Faith hurled the top book in her stack. Wump! It was the first time she had ever appreciated Stephen King's wordiness; The Tommyknockers bounced off the passenger door, denting it nicely."
Faith from Think Like a Dinosaur by James Patrick Kelly Dec 3, 2007