- Prolixness
- Prolixness Pro*lix"ness, n. Prolixity. --Adam Smith. [1913 Webster]
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Prolixness
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prolixness — n. Prolixity … New dictionary of synonyms
prolixness — pro·lix·ness … English syllables
prolixness — noun boring verbosity • Syn: ↑prolixity, ↑windiness, ↑long windedness, ↑wordiness • Derivationally related forms: ↑long winded (for: ↑long windedness), ↑ … Useful english dictionary
long-windedness — noun boring verbosity • Syn: ↑prolixity, ↑prolixness, ↑windiness, ↑wordiness • Derivationally related forms: ↑long winded, ↑windy (for: ↑windines … Useful english dictionary
prolixity — noun boring verbosity • Syn: ↑prolixness, ↑windiness, ↑long windedness, ↑wordiness • Derivationally related forms: ↑long winded (for: ↑long windedness), ↑ … Useful english dictionary
windiness — noun 1. a mildly windy state of the air • Syn: ↑breeziness • Derivationally related forms: ↑windy, ↑breezy (for: ↑breeziness) • Hypernyms: ↑stormines … Useful english dictionary
wordiness — noun boring verbosity • Syn: ↑prolixity, ↑prolixness, ↑windiness, ↑long windedness • Derivationally related forms: ↑long winded (for: ↑long windedness), ↑ … Useful english dictionary
prolix — prolixity /proh lik si tee/, prolixness, n. prolixly, adv. /proh liks , proh liks/, adj. 1. extended to great, unnecessary, or tedious length; long and wordy. 2. (of a person) given to speaking or writing at great or tedious length. [1375 1425;… … Universalium
prolixity — n. Diffuseness, prolixness, verbosity, tedious, length, minute detail … New dictionary of synonyms
diffusion — n 1. dispersion, dissipation, dissipativi ty, circumfusion, spreading; scatteredness, scattering, strewing, bestrewing, sowing; dissemination, propagation, distribution, dispensation, circulation; effusion, effusiveness, radiation. 2. verbosity,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
