[wordy] adj word.i.er ; -est (12c) 1: using or containing many and usu. too many words
2: of or relating to words: verbal -- word.i.ly adv -- word.i.ness n syn wordy, verbose, prolix, diffuse mean using more words than necessary to express thought. wordy may also imply loquaciousness or garrulity "a wordy speech". verbose suggests a resulting dullness, obscurity, or lack of incisiveness or precision "the verbose position papers". prolix suggests unreasonable and tedious dwelling on details "habitually transformed brief anecdotes into prolix sagas". diffuse stresses lack of compactness and pointedness of style "diffuse memoirs that are so many shaggy-dog stories".