Verbosity
noun
The use of too many words, or long-windedness.
The professor's verbosity often left students confused and bored.
Often appears as...
- cut through the verbosity
- excess verbosity
Usage tips
Academic
noun
An expressive style that uses excessive or empty words.
Her verbosity is quite distinctive in her writing style.
Often appears as...
- indulge in verbosity
- reflects verbosity
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Literary
noun
The use of too many words, or long-windedness.
The professor's verbosity often left students confused and bored.
Often appears as...
- cut through the verbosity
- excess verbosity
Usage tips
Academic
noun
An expressive style that uses excessive or empty words.
Her verbosity is quite distinctive in her writing style.
Often appears as...
- indulge in verbosity
- reflects verbosity
Usage tips
Literary
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Brevity Preferred
In academic or formal contexts, being concise is valued over verbosity.
To enhance clarity, avoid verbosity in your essays.
Pro Tip 2/3Possible Negativity
Using 'verbosity' may imply a negative opinion about someone's wordiness.
The editor criticized the manuscript's verbosity.
Pro Tip 3/3Listener Fatigue
Excessive verbosity can overwhelm or bore your audience.
His verbosity made the audience tune out of the lecture.
Pro Tip 1/3Brevity Preferred
In academic or formal contexts, being concise is valued over verbosity.
To enhance clarity, avoid verbosity in your essays.
Pro Tip 2/3Possible Negativity
Using 'verbosity' may imply a negative opinion about someone's wordiness.
The editor criticized the manuscript's verbosity.
Pro Tip 3/3Listener Fatigue
Excessive verbosity can overwhelm or bore your audience.
His verbosity made the audience tune out of the lecture.
Pro Tip 1/3Brevity Preferred
In academic or formal contexts, being concise is valued over verbosity.
To enhance clarity, avoid verbosity in your essays.
Pro Tip 2/3Possible Negativity
Using 'verbosity' may imply a negative opinion about someone's wordiness.
The editor criticized the manuscript's verbosity.
Pro Tip 3/3Listener Fatigue
Excessive verbosity can overwhelm or bore your audience.
His verbosity made the audience tune out of the lecture.
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Jason Silva's Origin...
and timelessness. So losing yourself essentially became my escape from existential dread. And I felt like it was my responsibility to find a way of clothing these numinous experiences. That's where the verbosity, the desire to bring back these experiences and share them with others
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Jason Silva's Origin...
and timelessness. So losing yourself essentially became my escape from existential dread. And I felt like it was my responsibility to find a way of clothing these numinous experiences. That's where the verbosity, the desire to bring back these experiences and share them with others
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Quote examples
Joseph Brodsky
American Poet
The more one reads poetry, the less tolerant one becomes of any sort of verbosity, be that in political or philosophical discourse, be that in history, social studies or the art of fiction.
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Dan Quayle
American Vice President
Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things.
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Joseph Brodsky
American Poet
The more one reads poetry, the less tolerant one becomes of any sort of verbosity, be that in political or philosophical discourse, be that in history, social studies or the art of fiction.
Quote examples
Dan Quayle
American Vice President
Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things.
Example 1 of 2
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