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verbose

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DEFINITION

using or containing too many words

WEBSTER'S 1913

Abounding in words; using or containing more words than are necessary; tedious by a multiplicity of words; prolix; wordy; as, a verbose speaker; a verbose argument.

ETYMOLOGY

Latin 'verberare' - to beat, punish

SYNONYMS
ANTONYMS
IN LITERATURE

The translator seems to have followed the verbose text of his original with minute fidelity, except where the idioms bothered him; and although the bills declare it is adapted by Mr.

Various, Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, Complete
✨ WORD STORY

Yamini, a software engineer in Bengaluru, winced as her boss launched into another verbose email. "Let's schedule a meeting to discuss the intricacies of our project's timeline," it read, when 'Meet me at 3' would've sufficed. Yamini sighed, reaching for her coffee to steel herself for the marathon reply.

IN USE

See also . === The option === The verbose option prints strings to the terminal as they are read, and before any expansions are performed.

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