Wordy Definition

wûrdē
wordier, wordiest
adjective
wordier, wordiest
Of words; verbal.
Webster's New World
Containing or using many or too many words; verbose.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Wordy

Adjective

Base Form:
wordy
Comparative:
wordier
Superlative:
wordiest

Origin of Wordy

  • From Middle English woordy, from Old English wordiÄ¡ (“wordy, verbose"), equivalent to word +"Ž -y. Cognate with Icelandic orðigur (“wordy").

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Wordy Sentence Examples

  • The book is a little wordy in some areas to take up space, but the message and overall content is very good.

  • However, I lacked the patience to fully read the text, which is in parts overly wordy.

  • As an orator he was the leader of the opponents of the florid Asiatic school, who took the simplest Attic orators as their model and attacked even Cicero as wordy and artificial.

  • But the Girondins gained no tangible result from this wordy warfare.

  • It is also too wordy and rehashes previous events.

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Words Starting With

WWOWOR

Words Ending With

YDYRDY

Unscrambles

wordy

Words Starting With W and Ending With Y

Starts With W & Ends With YStarts With WO & Ends With YStarts With W & Ends With DY

Word Length

5 Letter Words5 Letter Words Starting With W5 Letter Words Ending With Y