long-windedly
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long-windedly
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* long-winded + -ly
adverb more long-windedly · most long-windedly
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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 fiddle
Similar: verbosely
Opposite: tersely
Thesaurus
adverb
Opposite: tersely
Talk about this word "long-windedly." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/long-windedly. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. long-windedly. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/long-windedly "long-windedly." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/long-windedly.Cite this
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title = {long-windedly},
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year = {2026},
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