word·y

[wur-dee]
adjective, word·i·er, word·i·est.
1.
characterized by or given to the use of many, or too many, words; verbose: She grew impatient at his wordy reply.
2.
pertaining to or consisting of words; verbal.

Origin:
before 1100; Middle English; Old English wordig. See word, -y1

word·i·ly, adverb
word·i·ness, noun


1. diffuse, talkative, loquacious, voluble. Wordy, prolix, redundant, pleonastic all mean using more words than necessary to convey a desired meaning. Wordy the broadest and least specific of these terms, may, in addition to indicating an excess of words, suggest a garrulousness or loquaciousness: a wordy, gossipy account of a simple incident. Prolix refers to speech or writing extended to great and tedious length with inconsequential details: a prolix style that tells you more than you need or want to know. Redundant and pleonastic both refer to unnecessary repetition of language. Redundant has also a generalized sense of “excessive” or “no longer needed”: the dismissal of redundant employees. In describing language, it most often refers to overelaboration through the use of expressions that repeat the sense of other expressions in a passage: a redundant text crammed with amplifications of the obvious. Pleonastic usually a technical term, refers most often to expressions that repeat something that has been said before: “A true fact” and “a free gift” are pleonastic expressions.
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wordy (ˈwɜːdɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj , wordier, wordiest
1.  using, inclined to use, or containing an excess of words: a wordy writer; a wordy document
2.  of the nature of or relating to words; verbal
 
'wordily
 
adv
 
'wordiness
 
n

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Consider all the talk of vintages, the wordy labels, arcane pouring rituals and
  attendant rigamarole.
The strongest arguments, when clothed in brilliant language, seem to them so
  much wordy nonsense.
Text will be concise and free of long paragraphs and wordy language.
So the important words should be bold and less wordy.
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