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prolix


 
  Grep  of  noun  prolix 
  prolixity 
  prolixness 
 
  Overview  of  adj  prolix 
 
  The  adj  prolix  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  prolix  --  (tediously  prolonged  or  tending  to  speak  or  write  at  great  length;  "editing  a  prolix  manuscript";  "a  prolix  lecturer  telling  you  more  than  you  want  to  know") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  prolix 
 
  1  sense  of  prolix 
 
  Sense  1 
  prolix  (vs.  concise) 
 
  concise  (vs.  prolix) 
  =>  aphoristic,  apothegmatic,  epigrammatic 
  =>  brief 
  =>  compendious,  compact,  succinct,  summary 
  =>  crisp,  curt,  laconic,  terse 
  =>  cryptic 
  =>  elliptic,  elliptical 
  =>  pithy,  sententious 
  =>  telegraphic 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  prolix 
 
  1  sense  of  prolix 
 
  Sense  1 
  prolix  (vs.  concise) 
  =>  diffuse 
  =>  long-winded,  tedious,  verbose,  windy,  wordy 
  =>  pleonastic,  redundant,  tautologic,  tautological 
  =>  pleonastic,  redundant,  tautologic,  tautological 
  =>  verbal 
  =>  redundant,  wordy 
  Also  See->  voluble#1 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  prolix 
 
  1  sense  of  prolix 
 
  Sense  1 
  prolix  (vs.  concise) 
  =>  prolixity,  prolixness,  long-windedness,  wordiness 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  prolix 
 
  prolix  used  as  an  adjective  is  very  rare  (polysemy  count  =  1) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  prolix 
  prolix 
 
  Overview  of  adj  prolix 
 
  The  adj  prolix  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  prolix  --  (tediously  prolonged  or  tending  to  speak  or  write  at  great  length;  "editing  a  prolix  manuscript";  "a  prolix  lecturer  telling  you  more  than  you  want  to  know") 



prolix definition