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say it: WUR-dee
wordy is an adjective meaning "using or containing too many words". It is pronounced /ˈwɝdi/ — WUR-dee. It carries one recorded sense.
using or containing too many words
“long-winded (or windy) speakers”
“verbose and ineffective instructional methods”
“newspapers of the day printed long wordy editorials”
“proceedings were delayed by wordy disputes”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for wordy come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.