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long-winded

long-winded speech or writing continues for too long in a way that is boring She launched into a long-winded explanation of how she'd found the books and I'm afraid I didn't really listen.

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Homeboy definitely needed an editor to stem his long-windedness. In 2008, the music was alive and well by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) I think he has an odd combination of longevity and long-windedness that passes for wisdom in Washington. Will Big Labor Now Overreach And Try to Repeal Right to Work? by Mark Mix / Human Events There too long-windedness is the rule, and I've watched French meteo channels that ape the American ones, which launched a trend of divagating endlessly (armed with satellite diagrams) about rain in the south, fair skies to the north, etc. American 'culture'-and its influence by Singer, Barnett / Contemporary Review			loin loiter loiter around loiter away loiter over loll loll about loll around loll back loll out lollygag lone long long about long and the short of it long arm of the law long for long gone long in the tooth long on long on and short on long shot long story short Long time no see long-winded long-windedness longer longest way round is the shortest way home look look a gift horse in the mouth look a million dollars look about look after look after number one look ahead look ahead to look alike Look alive! look around look around for look around some place look as if butter wouldn't melt in mouth look aside look askance at look at look at cross-eyed look away look back Look before you leap look beyond look daggers at			Long-tongued long-tube vertical evaporator Long-vowel mark Long-vowel mark long-waisted Long-wall mining Long-wall mining Long-wave Long-wave Long-Wave Cycle Long-Wave Cycles Long-wave infrared Long-wave infrared Long-wave infrared Long-wave infrared Long-Wave Radiation Long-Wave Radiation long-wave radio Long-wave transmitter Long-wave transmitter long-wavelength infrared radiation Long-Wavelength Small Aperture Long-Wavelength-Sensitive long-wearing long-winded long-winded long-winded long-windedly long-windedly long-windedly long-windedness long-wire aerial long-wire antenna long-wool long-wool long-wooled Long-Yearlings long. long. Long/Light/Large Goods Vehicle Long/Medium Wavelength Long/Short Equity LongTerm Science Review Longa possessio est pacis jus Longa possessio parit jus possidendi Longacre Longacre Lea longan longanberry longanimity longanimity longanimous longanimous Longaniza longans longar palm LongArm Longas mac nUislenn Longas mac nUislenn Longatude Longatude

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