verbose
[ ver-bohs ]
/ vərˈboʊs /
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adjective
characterized by the use of many or too many words; wordy: a verbose report.
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See bombastic.
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How to use verbose in a sentence
It also doesn’t need verbose variable names, which are useful for development but can increase the size of scripts by a significant amount.
Core Web Vitals report: 28 Ways to supercharge your site|James Parsons|January 13, 2021|Search Engine WatchThe actor professes to be “quite verbose” and says losing that crutch for the film “opened me up in new ways.”
Riz Ahmed knows his worth. With the gut-wrenching ‘Sound of Metal,’ he ensures you do, too.|Sonia Rao|December 3, 2020|Washington PostWalter verbosely called her attention to the mottoes painted on the wood, the individual table lights in pink shades.
The Job|Sinclair LewisWe have been told somewhat verbosely of what it can accomplish and of its high degree of efficiency and speed.
Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War|Frederick A. Talbot
British Dictionary definitions for verbose
verbose
/ (vɜːˈbəʊs) /
adjective
using or containing an excess of words, so as to be pedantic or boring; prolix
Derived forms of verbose
verbosely, adverbverbosity (vɜːˈbɒsɪtɪ) or verboseness, nounWord Origin for verbose
C17: from Latin verbōsus from verbum word
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