long-winded

Domain: Universal Words

Part of speech: adjective

(disapproving) (especially of talking or writing) continuing for too long and therefore boring: a long-winded speaker * a long-winded process

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This is a English–English dictionary entry.

Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.

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long-windedEnglish›ChineseGetWord Corpus long-windedEnglish›ChineseMain Dictionary

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