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prolixity

/prəʊˈlɪk.sɪ.ti/

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noun

/prəʊˈlɪk.sɪ.ti/C2formal
  • ruСуществительное, обозначающее качество использования большего количества слов, чем необходимо, что приводит к утомительной или скучной речи или письму.

A noun referring to the quality of using more words than necessary, resulting in tedious or boring speech or writing.

uncountable

  1. Excessive wordinessC2formal

    The quality of using more words than necessary, often making speech or writing tedious and boring.

    ruМногословие

    • The professor's prolixity made the lecture feel endless.
    • His prolixity in the report obscured the main findings.
    • She avoided prolixity by editing her essay to be more concise.

    Synonymscircumlocutiondiffusenessgarrulitylong-windednesspleonasmredundancyverbosenessverbositywordiness

    Antonymsbrevityconcisenesspithinesssuccinctnessterseness

Forms
  • prolixities plural form
  • prolixities' possessive plural form
  • prolixity's possessive singular form
Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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