Synonyms for wordy
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : wur-dee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɜr di |
Top 10 synonyms for wordy Other synonyms for the word wordy
Définition of wordy
Origin :- Old English wordig "verbose;" see word (n.) + -y (2).
- adj talkative
- 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
Antonyms for wordy
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