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n. - An expressive style that uses excessive or empty words.

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Usage examples (37)
  • Noun : His speeches were always marred by verbosity
  • Sure I can indulge in verbosity, if I have the time or inclination.
  • Actions nearly always begets like reaction equal in verbosity. on June 24, 2009 at 7: 26 am | Reply inspectorgadget
  • The spoken form of logorrhoea (other than in the medical sense) is a kind of verbosity which uses superfluous
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