Figurative, fromlong +winded
long-winded (comparativemorelong-winded,superlativemostlong-winded)
- Tediouslylong inspeaking; consuming muchtime; unnecessarilyverbose.
- Antonym:short-winded
He launched into along-winded discussion of the relative merits of asphalt and concrete.
1988, Andrew Radford, chapter 8, inTransformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page403:But which analysis is the right one? Well, as in any serious field of research, the consequences of making different assumptions about a particular phenomenon are often so complex and far-reaching that the full implications of the decision to adopt one analysis rather than another are not always immediately apparent. Thatʼs a ratherlong-winded way of saying that itʼs not always obvious what the right answer is!
tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; unnecessarily verbose
- Catalan:prolix
- Chinese:
- Cantonese:長氣 /长气(coeng4 hei3)
- Mandarin:羅唆 /罗唆 (zh)(luósuō),冗長 /冗长 (zh)(rǒngcháng),絮叨 (zh)
- Czech:rozvláčný
- Dutch:langdradig (nl)
- Finnish:pitkäveteinen (fi),pitkäpiimäinen (fi),pitkällinen (fi)
- French:verbeux (fr),prolixe (fr)(overly talkative)
- German:langatmig (de)
- Greek:απεραντολόγος (el)(aperantológos)
- Hungarian:hosszú lélegzetű,terjengős (hu)
- Ido:prolixa (io)
- Irish:fadálach,fadchainteach
- Italian:prolisso (it)
- Japanese:冗長な (ja)(じょうちょうな, jōchō na)
- Latin:(pleaseverify)prolixitas
- Maori:autaki
- Occitan:prolix
- Polish:przegadany
- Portuguese:prolixo (pt)
- Romanian:interminabil (ro),tărăgănat (ro),prolix (ro)
- Russian:многосло́вный (ru)(mnogoslóvnyj),многоречи́вый (ru)(mnogorečívyj)(of a person)
- Spanish:prolijo (es)
- Swedish:långrandig (sv)
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