Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

verbosely

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ver-bose-ly
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a verbose manner; in a fashion employing more lengthy phrasing, using extraneous words, making use of superfluous verbiage, applying more grandiose verbal construction, etc., than is strictly required, necessary, or desirable, in order to convey the essential nature of the communication.

Etymology

Etymology tree English verbose Middle English -ly English -ly English verbosely From verbose + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more verbosely (comparative) most verbosely (superlative)

Synonyms

long-windedly windily wordily

Antonyms

tersely

Questions

What does verbosely mean?: In a verbose manner; in a fashion employing more lengthy phrasing, using extraneous words, making use of superfluous verbiage, applying more grandiose verbal construction, etc., than is strictly required, necessary, or desirable, in order to convey the essential nature of the communication.
Where does verbosely come from?: Etymology tree English verbose Middle English -ly English -ly English verbosely From verbose + -ly.

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