prolix
- a tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at great length
editing a prolix manuscript
a prolix lecturer telling you more than you want to know
- His prose was more prolix than profound and it took a good deal of resolve for the reader to go through to the end.
- He wanders through his speech, taking obscure and prolix detours into blind alleys.
- Warren was a prolix and poetic writer, and a man torn between conflicting loyalties.