Definition of prolix in English:

prolix

adjective prəˈlɪksˈprəʊlɪks

(of speech or writing) using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy.
（言语，文字）啰嗦的；冗长的
he found the narrative too prolix and discursive
他觉得这篇文章太啰嗦、太不着边际。
Example sentencesExamples
- The respondent's cross-examinations of the applicant's witnesses were somewhat prolix.
- The new work is far more prolix, diffuse, and ultimately self-indulgent.
- She never particularly cared for them, finding the first too rigid and artificial, the second too prolix and maudlin.
- First, he indicated, and I now readily understand why, that the case put before him appeared to be ‘unduly prolix and the documents unnecessarily voluminous’.
- While much about that prolix and sloppily drafted document is unclear it would certainly constitute a further step towards the creation of a European federation.
- There is no doubt that the book is an interesting and instructive roundup of the problems that beset human societies, but it doesn't probe deeply enough, and in addition it is rather prolix.
- In sharp contrast to the autobiography, it tends to be prolix and muddled with excessive detail, and it often reads like a jumbled mix of fantastic stories.
- We both view computers with ambivalence (too easy to become prolix but a blessing when fixing bad paragraphs) and read too fast.
- Wellford's first handbill, too prolix to be squeezed into a newspaper advertisement, appeared in 1801.
- His argument is rather prolix - more so than my quotation shows.
- In any ease, my colleagues writing in the same field, whether terse or prolix, are incredibly difficult.
- The authors make a compelling case that the billable hours it takes American lawyers to write up prolix contracts often cost Americans more in fees than it would cost to go to court to resolve an ambiguity.
- While JB's letter was heated and bare-knuckled, it landed many accurate punches, while your prolix retort was sadly disappointing.
- In the end, prolix though he may be, he convinces you that he is indeed one of the greatest living explorers of the inner self, and of the destinies that fiction offers.
- They tend to be prolix and very difficult to understand.
- They take the form more of an unbelievably prolix official diary.
- His prolix, impassioned essay argued that Catholicism was one of Italy's contributions to European civilization and that Italy would contribute yet more once renewed in a federation led by a liberal papacy.
- Burns was an accomplished practitioner of quadruple-speak, the prolix art of sounding profound and saying nothing at great length.
- A punctilious listing of every detail produces prose that is prolix.
Synonyms
lengthy, long-winded, long-drawn-out, overlong, prolonged, protracted, interminable, laborious, ponderous, endless, unending, verbose, wordy, full of verbiage, verbal, diffuse, discursive, digressive, rambling, wandering, circuitous, meandering, maundering, periphrastic, circumlocutory
informal windy
rare ambagious, pleonastic, circumlocutionary, logorrhoeic

Derivatives

prolixity

noun prə(ʊ)ˈlɪksɪti

Many writers struggled against the era's compulsive reserve not just with racy subject matter but also with compulsive prolixity.
Example sentencesExamples
- Such depth of knowledge, spread across so many words - a million so far, and we have yet even to reach his 1960 Presidential bid - would normally mean only that every triviality was written up, making for tedious prolixity.
- He was acutely aware of the problems of prolixity and worked hard to prune his original drafts, but his interest in minute analysis led inevitably to an expansive style.
- The text exhibits a remarkable prolixity, considering that it is only 284 words long.
- Redundancy of subjects and prolixity of expression accompany the mammoth and tedious labours which otherwise are expounded with extraordinary effort and concentration.

prolixly

adverb ˈprəʊlɪksli

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French prolixe or Latin prolixus 'poured forth, extended', from pro- 'outward' + liquere 'be liquid'.

Definition of prolix in US English:

prolix

adjective

(of speech or writing) using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy.
（言语，文字）啰嗦的；冗长的
he found the narrative too prolix and discursive
他觉得这篇文章太啰嗦、太不着边际。
Example sentencesExamples
- She never particularly cared for them, finding the first too rigid and artificial, the second too prolix and maudlin.
- We both view computers with ambivalence (too easy to become prolix but a blessing when fixing bad paragraphs) and read too fast.
- First, he indicated, and I now readily understand why, that the case put before him appeared to be ‘unduly prolix and the documents unnecessarily voluminous’.
- A punctilious listing of every detail produces prose that is prolix.
- There is no doubt that the book is an interesting and instructive roundup of the problems that beset human societies, but it doesn't probe deeply enough, and in addition it is rather prolix.
- They tend to be prolix and very difficult to understand.
- While much about that prolix and sloppily drafted document is unclear it would certainly constitute a further step towards the creation of a European federation.
- In the end, prolix though he may be, he convinces you that he is indeed one of the greatest living explorers of the inner self, and of the destinies that fiction offers.
- In any ease, my colleagues writing in the same field, whether terse or prolix, are incredibly difficult.
- The respondent's cross-examinations of the applicant's witnesses were somewhat prolix.
- In sharp contrast to the autobiography, it tends to be prolix and muddled with excessive detail, and it often reads like a jumbled mix of fantastic stories.
- The authors make a compelling case that the billable hours it takes American lawyers to write up prolix contracts often cost Americans more in fees than it would cost to go to court to resolve an ambiguity.
- His prolix, impassioned essay argued that Catholicism was one of Italy's contributions to European civilization and that Italy would contribute yet more once renewed in a federation led by a liberal papacy.
- The new work is far more prolix, diffuse, and ultimately self-indulgent.
- While JB's letter was heated and bare-knuckled, it landed many accurate punches, while your prolix retort was sadly disappointing.
- Wellford's first handbill, too prolix to be squeezed into a newspaper advertisement, appeared in 1801.
- His argument is rather prolix - more so than my quotation shows.
- Burns was an accomplished practitioner of quadruple-speak, the prolix art of sounding profound and saying nothing at great length.
- They take the form more of an unbelievably prolix official diary.
Synonyms
lengthy, long-winded, long-drawn-out, overlong, prolonged, protracted, interminable, laborious, ponderous, endless, unending, verbose, wordy, full of verbiage, verbal, diffuse, discursive, digressive, rambling, wandering, circuitous, meandering, maundering, periphrastic, circumlocutory

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French prolixe or Latin prolixus ‘poured forth, extended’, from pro- ‘outward’ + liquere ‘be liquid’.

单词	prolix
释义	Definition of prolix in English: prolix adjective prəˈlɪksˈprəʊlɪks (of speech or writing) using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy. （言语，文字）啰嗦的；冗长的 he found the narrative too prolix and discursive 他觉得这篇文章太啰嗦、太不着边际。 Example sentencesExamples The respondent's cross-examinations of the applicant's witnesses were somewhat prolix. The new work is far more prolix, diffuse, and ultimately self-indulgent. She never particularly cared for them, finding the first too rigid and artificial, the second too prolix and maudlin. First, he indicated, and I now readily understand why, that the case put before him appeared to be ‘unduly prolix and the documents unnecessarily voluminous’. While much about that prolix and sloppily drafted document is unclear it would certainly constitute a further step towards the creation of a European federation. There is no doubt that the book is an interesting and instructive roundup of the problems that beset human societies, but it doesn't probe deeply enough, and in addition it is rather prolix. In sharp contrast to the autobiography, it tends to be prolix and muddled with excessive detail, and it often reads like a jumbled mix of fantastic stories. We both view computers with ambivalence (too easy to become prolix but a blessing when fixing bad paragraphs) and read too fast. Wellford's first handbill, too prolix to be squeezed into a newspaper advertisement, appeared in 1801. His argument is rather prolix - more so than my quotation shows. In any ease, my colleagues writing in the same field, whether terse or prolix, are incredibly difficult. The authors make a compelling case that the billable hours it takes American lawyers to write up prolix contracts often cost Americans more in fees than it would cost to go to court to resolve an ambiguity. While JB's letter was heated and bare-knuckled, it landed many accurate punches, while your prolix retort was sadly disappointing. In the end, prolix though he may be, he convinces you that he is indeed one of the greatest living explorers of the inner self, and of the destinies that fiction offers. They tend to be prolix and very difficult to understand. They take the form more of an unbelievably prolix official diary. His prolix, impassioned essay argued that Catholicism was one of Italy's contributions to European civilization and that Italy would contribute yet more once renewed in a federation led by a liberal papacy. Burns was an accomplished practitioner of quadruple-speak, the prolix art of sounding profound and saying nothing at great length. A punctilious listing of every detail produces prose that is prolix. Synonyms lengthy, long-winded, long-drawn-out, overlong, prolonged, protracted, interminable, laborious, ponderous, endless, unending, verbose, wordy, full of verbiage, verbal, diffuse, discursive, digressive, rambling, wandering, circuitous, meandering, maundering, periphrastic, circumlocutory informal windy rare ambagious, pleonastic, circumlocutionary, logorrhoeic Derivatives prolixity noun prə(ʊ)ˈlɪksɪti Many writers struggled against the era's compulsive reserve not just with racy subject matter but also with compulsive prolixity. Example sentencesExamples Such depth of knowledge, spread across so many words - a million so far, and we have yet even to reach his 1960 Presidential bid - would normally mean only that every triviality was written up, making for tedious prolixity. He was acutely aware of the problems of prolixity and worked hard to prune his original drafts, but his interest in minute analysis led inevitably to an expansive style. The text exhibits a remarkable prolixity, considering that it is only 284 words long. Redundancy of subjects and prolixity of expression accompany the mammoth and tedious labours which otherwise are expounded with extraordinary effort and concentration. prolixly adverb ˈprəʊlɪksli Origin Late Middle English: from Old French prolixe or Latin prolixus 'poured forth, extended', from pro- 'outward' + liquere 'be liquid'. Definition of prolix in US English: prolix adjective (of speech or writing) using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy. （言语，文字）啰嗦的；冗长的 he found the narrative too prolix and discursive 他觉得这篇文章太啰嗦、太不着边际。 Example sentencesExamples She never particularly cared for them, finding the first too rigid and artificial, the second too prolix and maudlin. We both view computers with ambivalence (too easy to become prolix but a blessing when fixing bad paragraphs) and read too fast. First, he indicated, and I now readily understand why, that the case put before him appeared to be ‘unduly prolix and the documents unnecessarily voluminous’. A punctilious listing of every detail produces prose that is prolix. There is no doubt that the book is an interesting and instructive roundup of the problems that beset human societies, but it doesn't probe deeply enough, and in addition it is rather prolix. They tend to be prolix and very difficult to understand. While much about that prolix and sloppily drafted document is unclear it would certainly constitute a further step towards the creation of a European federation. In the end, prolix though he may be, he convinces you that he is indeed one of the greatest living explorers of the inner self, and of the destinies that fiction offers. In any ease, my colleagues writing in the same field, whether terse or prolix, are incredibly difficult. The respondent's cross-examinations of the applicant's witnesses were somewhat prolix. In sharp contrast to the autobiography, it tends to be prolix and muddled with excessive detail, and it often reads like a jumbled mix of fantastic stories. The authors make a compelling case that the billable hours it takes American lawyers to write up prolix contracts often cost Americans more in fees than it would cost to go to court to resolve an ambiguity. His prolix, impassioned essay argued that Catholicism was one of Italy's contributions to European civilization and that Italy would contribute yet more once renewed in a federation led by a liberal papacy. The new work is far more prolix, diffuse, and ultimately self-indulgent. While JB's letter was heated and bare-knuckled, it landed many accurate punches, while your prolix retort was sadly disappointing. Wellford's first handbill, too prolix to be squeezed into a newspaper advertisement, appeared in 1801. His argument is rather prolix - more so than my quotation shows. Burns was an accomplished practitioner of quadruple-speak, the prolix art of sounding profound and saying nothing at great length. They take the form more of an unbelievably prolix official diary. Synonyms lengthy, long-winded, long-drawn-out, overlong, prolonged, protracted, interminable, laborious, ponderous, endless, unending, verbose, wordy, full of verbiage, verbal, diffuse, discursive, digressive, rambling, wandering, circuitous, meandering, maundering, periphrastic, circumlocutory Origin Late Middle English: from Old French prolixe or Latin prolixus ‘poured forth, extended’, from pro- ‘outward’ + liquere ‘be liquid’.
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