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Antonyms for long-winded


Grammar : Adj
Spell : lawng-win-did, long-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɔŋˈwɪn dɪd, ˈlɒŋ-



Definition of long-winded

Origin :
  • also longwinded, 1580s, "given to lengthy speeches," from long (adj.) + wind (n.) in the secondary Middle English sense "breath in speaking" (early 14c.).
  • adj wordy
Example sentences :
  • And then came the reason for all these long-winded preliminaries.
  • Extract from : « The Story of Don Quixote » by Arvid Paulson, Clayton Edwards, and Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
  • You know that no Gorgios are so long-winded on genealogies as old mothers in Rom.
  • Extract from : « The Gypsies » by Charles G. Leland
  • Well, this looks as if it was going to be a long-winded search.
  • Extract from : « For the Liberty of Texas » by Edward Stratemeyer
  • March Marston was always with his mother—deep in his long-winded yarns.
  • Extract from : « The Wild Man of the West » by R.M. Ballantyne
  • Not that Jerry disliked Mrs. Bullfinch even though she was long-winded.
  • Extract from : « Jerry's Charge Account » by Hazel Hutchins Wilson
  • The colonel is long-winded, but then I expect he's lonesome.
  • Extract from : « My Antonia » by Willa Cather
  • Not to be too long-winded, we carried ridge after ridge of kopje for several miles.
  • Extract from : « A Yeoman's Letters » by P. T. Ross
  • For a letter from you never yet seemed to me either ill-timed or too long-winded.
  • Extract from : « The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 » by Marcus Tullius Cicero
  • We knew later that he had been kept by what he called a long-winded client.
  • Extract from : « Johnny Ludlow, Sixth Series » by Mrs. Henry Wood
  • On the other hand, Emerson evidently tires of Carlyle's long-winded heroes.
  • Extract from : « Fresh Fields » by John Burroughs

Synonyms for long-winded

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