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.
