wordiness
101verboseness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Words or the use of words in excess of those needed for clarity or precision: diffuseness, diffusion, long windedness, pleonasm, prolixity, redundancy, verbiage, verbosity, windiness, wordage, wordiness. See EXCESS,… …
102windiness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Words or the use of words in excess of those needed for clarity or precision: diffuseness, diffusion, long windedness, pleonasm, prolixity, redundancy, verbiage, verboseness, verbosity, wordage, wordiness. See EXCESS,… …
103wordage — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. Words or the use of words in excess of those needed for clarity or precision: diffuseness, diffusion, long windedness, pleonasm, prolixity, redundancy, verbiage, verboseness, verbosity, windiness, wordiness. See… …
104WORDS — (Roget s Thesaurus II) Index noun application, argumentation, babble, bombast, book, call, chatter, command, comment, commentary (2), communication …
105wordy — word|y [ˈwə:di US ˈwə:rdi] adj using too many words = ↑verbose ▪ a wordy explanation >wordiness n [U] …
106basis — More often than not, a reliable indicator of wordiness, as here: Det. Chief Supt. Peter Topping... said he would review the search on a day to day basis. Why not make it would review the search daily and save five words? …
107time — often has a curious magnetic effect, attracting extra words to sentences, as in: The property was occupied for a short length of time. Make it for a short time. Occasionally, time itself is superfluous, as in constructions of this sort: The… …
108verbiage — 1721, from Fr. verbiage wordiness (17c.), from M.Fr. verbier to chatter, from O.Fr. verbe word, from L. verbum word (see VERB (Cf. verb)) …
109basis — More often than not, a reliable indicator of wordiness, as here: Det. Chief Supt. Peter Topping . . . said he would review the search on a day to day basis (Independent). Why not make it would review the search daily and save five words? …
110greater — Sometimes a pointer to wordiness, as here: The cost for a 17 year old living in the greater London area ... (Times). In greater London or in the London area says the same thing as in the greater London area, but says it more simply …
