Adjective, : She grew impatient at his wordy reply. From Dictionary.com.
I really like "no rest for the wordy", is it yours or a commonly used?. From Wordnik.com. [Howard Hughes loves lava crabs and glacier penguins.] Reference
For me personally, I'm not interested in wordy writing or hyper-critical articles and reviews. From Wordnik.com. [Ken's Nostalgic Indiana Jones Adventure - Part 1! « FirstShowing.net] Reference
"Ah, you are a talking man -- what I call a wordy man. From Wordnik.com. [The Confidence-Man] Reference
When I said "wordy" I was thinking of the demands made on the audience as well. From Wordnik.com. [Putting Antigone's World in Context] Reference
Your question over whether a more 'wordy' children's book would have a chance is an interesting one. From Wordnik.com. [Good Writing] Reference
Lord Ronsdale, who had been looking away, yawned, as if finding the police agent "wordy," then strolled to the rail. From Wordnik.com. [Half A Chance] Reference
I'm aware that this entry is a bit boring and also it's full of words, but I have so many words in me that I have to be "wordy"!!!. From Wordnik.com. [sheepdip Diary Entry] Reference
Sometimes it can be a handy (forgive me) tool … This kind of wordy and cute-instead-of-witty prose turns up often in Eat, Pray, Love. From Wordnik.com. [2007 April 05 « One-Minute Book Reviews] Reference
I like it enough to continue reading, but it sure does get "wordy" at times..sometimes to the detriment of understanding what's going on. From Wordnik.com. [Today in Fantasy: March 20, 2010] Reference
Being wordy is fun. From Wordnik.com. [Happy Canada Day] Reference
To the guy who called this beautiful article "wordy,". From Wordnik.com. [The New Republic - All Feed] Reference
Hubby is an attorney so you can imagine how "wordy" that letter was LOL!. From Wordnik.com. [BiggerPockets Forums] Reference
But we would still like to get rid of the parenthesis in the "wordy" style. From Wordnik.com. [PlanetJava] Reference
I have a group of "wordy" (in the good sense) friends who would be just as delighted as I to play. From Wordnik.com. [PW FULL RSS FEED] Reference
Another portion of the feedback I received, and again, this was only from a couple of people, was that I am too "wordy". From Wordnik.com. [Webmaster Forum] Reference
It is well written, perhaps to 'wordy', the message is great and the writer made a point of being neutral and constructive. From Wordnik.com. [News24] Reference
I did not know of this wordy battle until it was ended. From Wordnik.com. [Trials and Triumphs of Faith] Reference
History is full of wordy charters and declarations, of course. From Wordnik.com. [The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind] Reference
And those really wordy songs you can't do as a screamer, you know. From Wordnik.com. [James Hunter: 'People Gonna Talk'] Reference
Do you remember, Agatha, how we used to enjoy their wordy combats?. From Wordnik.com. [The Carved Cupboard] Reference
Lin had a wordy war with the treasurer soon after the doors opened. From Wordnik.com. [Watch Yourself Go By] Reference
He'm wordy ob anyting, an 'he'm gwine to hab a wife ter day, massa. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
He saw the policeman catch Crazy Jim by the arm, and a wordy war followed. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Oarsmen of Lakeview] Reference
He early became involved in wordy warfare with Sumner, Wade, Stevens and others. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography.] Reference
A handwritten letter is not so apt to be wordy -- it is too much trouble to write. From Wordnik.com. [How to Write Letters (Formerly The Book of Letters) A Complete Guide to Correct Business and Personal Correspondence] Reference
"Please get my scissors, Frank," said Miss Pimpernell, trying to stop our wordy warfare. From Wordnik.com. [She and I, Volume 1] Reference
That would have been too strenuous for him, so he had to sit and weep tears of wordy rain. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets] Reference
It was diffuse and wordy, as most of such documents are, but the main facts were quite plain. From Wordnik.com. [Chinese Folk-Lore Tales] Reference
The Guesser had seen what was coming long before the captain finished his wordy interrogation. From Wordnik.com. [But, I Don't Think] Reference
Any kind of philosophy -- any wordy explanation of the problem -- is at the best poor comfort. From Wordnik.com. [Friendship] Reference
Through all this wordy process the two sailors stood, or lounged, or chatted quietly together. From Wordnik.com. [Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea] Reference
"I like this record, but sometimes he gets too wordy," Reid says of a cut by rapper Joe Buddens. From Wordnik.com. [DEF JAM'S NEW TUNE] Reference
In her appearance on our wordy and contentious stage I see the commencement of a new era of things. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885] Reference
The show can be self-consciously clever and wordy, and cosy in its perky pastiche of familiar genres. From Wordnik.com. [Penny Dreadfuls] Reference
Theismann didn't exactly equate McNabb with Montana; the wording was too wordy and confusing to go that far. From Wordnik.com. [Theismann and Riggins disagree on McNabb] Reference
Nor is there anything remotely exotic suggested by Christopher Cowell's sometimes over-wordy English translation. From Wordnik.com. [Carmen] Reference
She had ably held her own through years of bickerings and wordy contentions with an overworked, irritable mother. From Wordnik.com. [Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness] Reference
And one evening, he was talking about his form of address, which he thought Mr. Vice President was too wordy and longwinded. From Wordnik.com. [Remembering Truman's 'Veep'] Reference
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