verbosity-ˈbɒs ɪ ti
verbosity (n)
- plural
- verbosities
English Definitions:
verboseness, verbosity (noun)
an expressive style that uses excessive or empty words
verbosity (Noun)
The excess use of words, especially using more than are needed for clarity or precision; long-windedness
Verbosity
Verbosity refers to speech or writing which is deemed to use an excess of words. Adjectival forms are verbose, wordy, prolix and garrulous. Examples are the expressions "in the vicinity of" and "in order to". The opposite of verbosity is succinctness that can be found in plain language and laconism.
Verbosity
Verbosity or verboseness is speech or writing that uses more words than necessary. The opposite of verbosity is plain language. Some teachers, including the author of The Elements of Style, warn against verbosity; similarly Mark Twain and Ernest Hemingway, among others, famously avoid it. Synonyms include wordiness, verbiage, prolixity, grandiloquence, garrulousness, expatiation, logorrhea, sesquipedalianism, and overwriting.
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