| slovo | definícia |
long-winded
(encz) | long-winded,rozvláčný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Long-winded
(gcide) | Long-winded \Long"-wind"ed\, a.
1. Long-breathed; hence, tediously long in speaking;
consuming much time; as, a long-winded talker.
[1913 Webster]
A tedious, long-winded harangue. --South.
[1913 Webster]
2. using or containing too many words; as, long-winded (or
windy) speakers.
Syn: tedious, verbose, windy, wordy.
[WordNet 1.5] -- Long"-wind"ed*ness, n.
[1913 Webster] |
long-winded
(wn) | long-winded
adj 1: using or containing too many words; "long-winded (or
windy) speakers"; "verbose and ineffective instructional
methods"; "newspapers of the day printed long wordy
editorials"; "proceedings were delayed by wordy disputes"
[syn: long-winded, tedious, verbose, windy,
wordy] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
long-windedly
(encz) | long-windedly, adv: |
long-windedness
(encz) | long-windedness,rozvláčnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Long-winded
(gcide) | Long-winded \Long"-wind"ed\, a.
1. Long-breathed; hence, tediously long in speaking;
consuming much time; as, a long-winded talker.
[1913 Webster]
A tedious, long-winded harangue. --South.
[1913 Webster]
2. using or containing too many words; as, long-winded (or
windy) speakers.
Syn: tedious, verbose, windy, wordy.
[WordNet 1.5] -- Long"-wind"ed*ness, n.
[1913 Webster] |
Long-windedness
(gcide) | Long-winded \Long"-wind"ed\, a.
1. Long-breathed; hence, tediously long in speaking;
consuming much time; as, a long-winded talker.
[1913 Webster]
A tedious, long-winded harangue. --South.
[1913 Webster]
2. using or containing too many words; as, long-winded (or
windy) speakers.
Syn: tedious, verbose, windy, wordy.
[WordNet 1.5] -- Long"-wind"ed*ness, n.
[1913 Webster] |
long-windedly
(wn) | long-windedly
adv 1: in a verbose manner; "she explained her ideas verbosely"
[syn: verbosely, windily, long-windedly, wordily] |
long-windedness
(wn) | long-windedness
n 1: boring verbosity [syn: prolixity, prolixness,
windiness, long-windedness, wordiness] |
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