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Grammar : Adj

Spell : wur-dee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɜr di

Definition of wordy

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

adj talkative

Example sentences :

He was not wordy, and he tarried but a moment, yet he explained his paralysis.
Extract from : « The Cavalier » by George Washington Cable

The only effect of this remark was to turn the wordy torrent in his direction.
Extract from : « Cy Whittaker's Place » by Joseph C. Lincoln

"It was quite a wordy sarmon that Parson Grant gave us to-night," said Remarkable.
Extract from : « The Pioneers » by James Fenimore Cooper

That would have been too strenuous for him, so he had to sit and weep tears of wordy rain.
Extract from : « Adventures in the Arts » by Marsden Hartley

Lin had a wordy war with the treasurer soon after the doors opened.
Extract from : « Watch Yourself Go By » by Al. G. Field

What are her image and attributes, when dragged from her wordy lurking-place?
Extract from : « The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Volume II (of II) » by Charles Darwin

But the weakness of the wordy denial was itself almost a confession.
Extract from : « Bonaventure » by George Washington Cable

The comedies are always long and wordy and generally tedious.
Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner

The Douglas men met the threat with a defiance,—not wordy, but resolute.
Extract from : « The Negro and the Nation » by George S. Merriam

Now, there was nothing that Red enjoyed any more than a wordy battle.
Extract from : « The Tale of Snowball Lamb » by Arthur Bailey

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