long-winded betydelse and definition

Exempel på long-winded

• An accurate but long-winded description would be 'stairs that are supported on only one side of the flight'.

• However, the exegesis of his position is extremely long-winded and at times loses cogency due to its length.

• But the prose is so long-winded that it is frequently almost unintelligible.

• Those not so fortunate may wish that the author had been more concise with regard to the text in order to make it somewhat less long-winded.

• The diplomats frequently resented this lack of clarity and the battles between different scientific camps and opinions and criticized the scientists as being long-winded and impracticable.

• The anonymous author indeed makes some telling hits against the explorers, mocking their tendency to describe what were everyday occurrences to the traders in a serious and long-winded style.

• During the previous years' application of this regulation, its provisions have proven to be exceptionally complicated, long-winded and unwieldy.

• They may be long-winded or short and sharp, painless or extremely painful.