long-windedly
long-windedly adverb: in a long-winded manner; employing more lengthy phrasing than required.
Adverb
long-windedly (comparative more long-windedly, superlative most long-windedly)
- In a long-winded manner; employing more lengthy phrasing than required.
- […] an Italian piece of many parts and much intricacy—it is only a Master Braham or Madame Catalani who has got throat long enough and flexible enough for it; which stretching out as gracefully as a hen drinketh water, she cackles out the whole piece as sweetly as Orpheus, as dexterously as a...1814, James Gilchrist, Reason the True Arbiter of Language; Custom a Tyrant, London: J. Johnson, page 21
- One who had caught a glimpse of the shining yet solemn eyes of the youth, as he walked home, would wonder no longer that he should talk as he did—so sedately, yet so poetically—so long-windedly, if you like, yet so sensibly—even wisely.1875, George Macdonald, chapter 18, in Malcolm, volume I, London: Henry S. King, pages 219–220
- Synonyms:
- verbosely
Synonyms of long-windedly
Antonyms
Forms of long-windedly
| comparative | more long-windedly |
|---|---|
| superlative | most long-windedly |
Origin of long-windedly
* long-winded + -ly
Questions about long-windedly
- What does long-windedly mean?
- Long-windedly means in a long-winded manner; employing more lengthy phrasing than required.
- What part of speech is long-windedly?
- Long-windedly is an adverb.
Words near long-windedly in the dictionary
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