Wordy, a. [Compar. Wordier; superl. Wordiest.]
1. Of or pertaining to words; consisting of words; verbal; as, a wordy war. Cowper.
2. Using many words; verbose; as, a wordy speaker.
3. Containing many words; full of words. We need not lavish hours in wordy periods. Philips.
Shades of meaning
Fernald lists wordy only as an antonym, under terse.
He lists it without comment; the entries above explain its neighbors.
Synonyms
none given