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Meaning of Verbosity | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

vəˈbɒsəti

Definitions

The excess use of words, especially using more than are needed for clarity or precision.

countable, rhetoric, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية الإسهاب

Bosanski preopširnost verbalizam вербализам преопширност

Cymraeg geiriogrwydd

Deutsch Verbosität Weitschweifigkeit

Ελληνικά απεραντολογία μακρηγορία πολυλογία

Español palabrería

Suomi liikasanaisuus monisanaisuus vuolassanaisuus

Français verbosité

Gaeilge foclachas

Galego verbosidade

हिन्दी शब्दाडंबर

Hrvatski preopširnost verbalizam вербализам преопширност

Magyar bőbeszédűség

Italiano verbosità

日本語冗句

Nederlands breedsprakigheid

Polski rozwlekłość wielosłowność

Português verborragia verbosidade

Русский многосло́вность

Српски preopširnost verbalizam вербализам преопширност

Svenska mångordighet ordrikedom svammel

Türkçe laf kalabalığı

Examples

“With Christie's words about "all-talk-no-action" in mind, notice that Obama and his two secretaries of state, Hillary Clinton and John Kerry, as well as his vice president, Joe Biden, were all senators, the last two serving for two or three decades, respectively. Not forgetting the ill-fated secretary of defense, Senator Chuck Hagel. Their capacity for talking so much and saying so little is astonishing. Their verbosity is unpalatable.”

CEFR level

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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Meaning of Verbosity | Babel Free

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