verbosely

With excessive words

Verbosely means in a wordy or long-winded manner, using more words than necessary: He explained the process verbosely, turning a simple instruction into a twenty-minute lecture.

The word itself is rarely needed—usually you can just say someone rambled or went on too long.

wordy

long-winded

Excessively wordy, tediously so

periphrastic · pleonastic · redundantly · diffusely · repetitively · windily · bombastically · grandiloquently · floridly · ornately

talkative

garrulously

In a wordy manner

chattily · expansively · freely · unreservedly · openly · endlessly · ceaselessly · interminably · unstoppably · profusely

tediously

boringly

In an uninteresting manner

plodding · droning · dragging · dully · uninterestingly · exhaustingly · overlong · drawn-out

elaborate

detailed

Full of specifics

meticulous · in-depth · descriptive · expansive · extensively · fully · explicitly · minutely · particularly · specifically

Opposites
brevity of expression

verboselyconcisely

In few words

tersely · briefly · succinctly · laconically · pithily

directness/bluntness

verboselybrusquely

In an abrupt manner

bluntly · abruptly · pointedly · straightforwardly · plainly

social manner of brevity

verboselybrusquely

In an abrupt manner

abruptly · curtly · bluntly · gruffly · monosyllabically

Family

verbose, verboseness

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