Speech or writing that uses more words than necessary
This article is about the linguistic and stylistic term. For the psychological term, see Logorrhea (psychology).
For verbosity in computing and user interface design, see Verbose mode.
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Verbosity, or verboseness, is speech or writing that uses more words than necessary.[1] The opposite of verbosity is succinctness.[dubious – discuss]
Synonyms of "verbosity" include wordiness, verbiage, prolixity, grandiloquence, garrulousness, expatiation, logorrhea, sesquipedalianism, and overwriting.
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