Meaning & use
Long-winded
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Tediously lengthy in speech or writing, especially due to excessive detail.
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The professor's long-winded introduction ate up half the lecture time.
Please skip the long-winded explanations and just give me the answer.
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The term originally described someone with great stamina for talking without pausing for breath, before settling into its modern, mildly critical sense.
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