prolix (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *prolix*:
ADJECTIVE	all	prolix	tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at great length

English > *prolix*: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaning	tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at great length.
Examples	"editing a prolix manuscript" "a prolix lecturer telling you more than you want to know"
Attribute of	prolixity, prolixness, windiness, long-windedness, wordiness	boring verbosity
Narrower	diffuse	lacking conciseness
	long-winded, tedious, verbose, windy, wordy	Using or containing too many words
	pleonastic, redundant, tautologic, tautological	repetition of same sense in different words
	verbal	prolix
See also	voluble	marked by a ready flow of speech
Opposite	concise	Expressing much in few words
Spanish	fastidioso, prolijo
Catalan	prolix
Nouns	prolixity, prolixness	boring verbosity

HyperDic: prolix