prolixity / proʊˈlɪk sɪ ti /

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prolixity 的定义

n. 名词 noun
  1. the state or quality of being unnecessarily or tediously wordy; verbosity: The book offers food for thought but, for all its prolixity, fails to effectively explain what is at the core of irony as a rhetorical strategy.
  2. a tendency to speak or write at great or tedious length:As a communicator, the official suffers from a lethal mix of ailments: terminal prolixity, rampant hyperbole, and a preference for bureaucratic jargon.

prolixity 近义词

n. 名词 noun

wordiness

更多prolixity例句

  1. If I selected lucid and simple extracts, they would give no idea of the intricacy and prolixity of Duns.
  2. Mrs. G. is extremely satisfied with my diligence and prolixity; but seems to wish that we would settle her account with Gilbert.
  3. Soundings and courses and distances, are detailed with the tedious prolixity, and probably, with the uncertainty of the era.
  4. Her patriotism knew no bounds, and her prolixity was much on the same scale.
  5. Grotius's great attention was to avoid prolixity and confusion in his pleadings.