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verbality

[ver-bal-i-tee] / vərˈbæl ɪ ti /
NOUN
circumlocution
Synonyms
STRONG
diffuseness discursiveness euphemism indirectness periphrasis pleonasm prolixity roundabout tautology verbiage wordiness
WEAK
beating around the bush circumambages gassiness periphrase verbal evasion
Antonyms
STRONG
conciseness
WEAK
directness straightforwardness terseness
NOUN
wordiness
Synonyms
STRONG
circumlocution diffuseness diffusion fecundity garrulity logorrhea loquaciousness loquacity officialese periphrasis pleonasm prolixity redundancy tautology verbiage verbosity
WEAK
catalogic macrology verbigeration verbomania
Antonyms
STRONG
conciseness
WEAK
directness straightforwardness terseness

Example Sentences

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One feels that in the theologians' hands, they are only a set of titles obtained by a mechanical manipulation of synonyms; verbality has stepped into the place of vision, professionalism into that of life.

From Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature by James, William

"I will disarm him with smiles and pleasant words," she every day resolved; yet every day was she pierced anew with his arrowy verbality.

From Hubert's Wife A Story for You by Lee, Minnie Mary

The "precise verbality" is merely a private trouble of the poets.

From Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, September 23, 1914 by Various

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.