单词 | long-windedly |
释义 | > as lemmaslong-ˈwindedly long-ˈwindedly adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [adverb] > in a lengthy or digressive manner long-windedly1836 excursively1841 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adverb] > prolixly prolixlya1591 dilatedly?1623 prolixively1633 longsomely1834 long-windedly1836 1836 J. W. Donaldson Theatre of Greeks (ed. 4) ii. iii. 401 Theseus..longwindedly and perhaps unjustly upbraids poor Adastrus with his errors before he helps him. 1866 G. MacDonald Ann. Quiet Neighbourhood xi, in Sunday Mag. Feb. 286/1 I may speak long-windedly, and even inconsiderately as regards my young readers. 1907 H. James Amer. Scene viii. 259 The quite sufficiently sturdy little timbered mass by the Salem street..runs the backward race as long-windedly as we may anywhere, over land, see it run. 2006 New Musical Express 25 Mar. 37/2 Music so long-windedly dull that, in 1976, the punk explosion was a matter of life and death. < as lemmas |
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