What does prolix mean?
Prolix means Tediously lengthy; dwelling on trivial details..
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/ˈpɹəʊ.lɪks/ · adjective
Tediously lengthy; dwelling on trivial details..
"Give me but the luxury of answering to one of his prolix, contradictory speeches, and...I only ask the revenge of a reply."
People who have blamed [Jean Charles Léonard de] Sismondi as unnecessarily prolix cannot have considered the crowd of details presented by the history of Italy.
From General Peckem's office on the mainland came prolix bulletins each day headed by such cheery homilies as "Procrastination is the Thief of Time and "Cleanliness is Next to Godliness."
Traditional narratives he found too prolix and discursive. "There's always 14 pages describing a lawn that you skip over," he says.
Prolix! Prolix! / Nothing a pair of scissors can't fix!
Use prolix when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Prolix means Tediously lengthy; dwelling on trivial details..
Common synonyms include verbose, circumlocutory, diffuse, periphrastic.
Possible antonyms include taciturn, brief, concise, crisp.
"Give me but the luxury of answering to one of his prolix, contradictory speeches, and...I only ask the revenge of a reply."
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