continued to a tedious length in speech or writing:
another of his long-winded election speeches.
3.
able to breathe deeply; not tiring easily.
Origin
1580-90
Related forms
long-windedly, adverb
long-windedness, noun
Examples from the web for long-winded
Even in animals as short-lived as mice, she points out, studying ageing is a long-winded process.
The best posts were neither long-winded nor so brief as to be cryptic.
The book is so long-winded and ill-disciplined that the genuinely good bits get lost in the verbiage.
The process is long-winded and expensive but it is an intrinsically fairer way to establish the facts.
Learning to write, by contrast, is a long-winded struggle that many fail to master even if given the opportunity.
There was little long-winded monologue and much pithy back-and-forth.
And if it is a long-winded way of telling us about the blog owner's own cognition, it is in poor taste.
But because your time is precious, you thought it better spend on another long-winded and irrelevant tangent.
And anyone who wants to know who the troll is can look over your past long-winded comments where you evade issues.
It has no news presenters, pundits or long-winded debate shows.
British Dictionary definitions for long-winded
long-winded
adjective
1.
tiresomely long
2.
capable of energetic activity without becoming short of breath
Derived Forms
long-windedly, adverb long-windedness, noun
Word Origin and History for long-winded
adj.
also longwinded, 1580s, "given to lengthy speeches," from long (adj.) + wind (n.) in the secondary Middle English sense "breath in speaking" (early 14c.).