long-winded

[lawng-win-did, long-]

adjective

1. talking or writing at tedious length.

   long-winded after-dinner speakers.

2. continued to a tedious length in speech or writing.

   another of his long-winded election speeches.

3. able to breathe deeply; not tiring easily.

long-winded

adjective

1. tiresomely long

2. capable of energetic activity without becoming short of breath

Other Word Forms

• long-windedness noun
• long-windedly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of long-winded¹

First recorded in 1580–90

Example Sentences

And awards night host Nate Bargatze implored winners to keep their long-winded speeches snappy with a running gag that saw his charity donation docked if speech-givers went over their allotted time.

From BBC

His answers were frequently long-winded, muddled and incoherent.

From Los Angeles Times

There was long-winded indulgence and lovely itty-bitty works, over in a flash but suggestive of a full and lovely life, like that of an insect.

From Los Angeles Times

But the schemes they need to access to get it can be long-winded and complicated.

From BBC

I could give you a very long-winded response to that, but I think the shortest way to say is that the word "protest" is in the word "Protestant."

From Salon

Related Words

• chatty 
• loquacious 
• rambling