wordy

[wur-dee] /ˈwɜr di/

adjective, wordier, wordiest.

characterized by or given to the use of many, or too many, words; verbose:

She grew impatient at his wordy reply.

pertaining to or consisting of words; verbal.

Origin

before 1100; Middle English; Old English wordig. See word, -y¹

Related forms

wordily, adverb

wordiness, noun

Synonyms

1. diffuse, talkative, loquacious, voluble. Wordy, prolix, redundant, pleonastic all mean using more words than necessary to convey a desired meaning. Wordy, the broadest and least specific of these terms, may, in addition to indicating an excess of words, suggest a garrulousness or loquaciousness: a wordy, gossipy account of a simple incident. Prolix refers to speech or writing extended to great and tedious length with inconsequential details: a prolix style that tells you more than you need or want to know. Redundant and pleonastic both refer to unnecessary repetition of language. Redundant has also a generalized sense of “excessive” or “no longer needed”: the dismissal of redundant employees. In describing language, it most often refers to overelaboration through the use of expressions that repeat the sense of other expressions in a passage: a redundant text crammed with amplifications of the obvious. Pleonastic, usually a technical term, refers most often to expressions that repeat something that has been said before: “A true fact” and “a free gift” are pleonastic expressions.

Examples from the web for wordy

Instead of working to get what you need, you are making a hyper-intellectual and wordy criticism of science.
The strongest arguments, when clothed in brilliant language, seem to them so much wordy nonsense.
The illiterate king had told him: put this in paper but don't be too wordy.
It buries the need for policy changes in long wordy lists.
His prose was wordy and ornate but also sharp-edged and funny, packing the punch of an old-style broadside.
Here, however, she can't find a metaphor to turn wordy solitude into theatrical event.
It's wordy, and if you feel compelled to give your opinion, than you're not being humble either.
She's less impressive at presidential press conferences, where she hogs the mike with wordy, what's-your-question questions.
But, of course, this wordy reason can't stand on its own verbiage.
Consider all the talk of vintages, the wordy labels, arcane pouring rituals and attendant rigamarole.

British Dictionary definitions for wordy

wordy

/ˈwɜːdɪ/

adjective wordier, wordiest

using, inclined to use, or containing an excess of words: a wordy writer, a wordy document

of the nature of or relating to words; verbal

Derived Forms

wordily, adverb
wordiness, noun

Word Origin and History for wordy

adj.

Old English wordig "verbose;" see word (n.) + -y (2).