Verbosely

Verbosely is an adverb that denotes performing an action in a verbose manner—using more words than necessary. It is derived from the adjective verbose, which describes speech or text that is wordy or overly detailed.

Etymology: Verbose stems from Latin verbosus meaning full of words (from verbum, “word”). Verbosely is formed by adding the standard English adverbial suffix -ly to verbose.

Usage: Verbosely is commonly used in critiques, academic writing, journalism, and software documentation to characterize prose or output that is more elaborate than concise. It often carries a negative implication of inefficiency or obfuscation, though in some contexts it can serve a stylistic or humorous purpose. Example: “The lecturer explained the concept verbosely, repeating the same point in multiple paragraphs.” In computing, verbose describes detailed output, and the phrase “print verbosely” or “log verbosely” is used informally to indicate extra information is being shown.

See also: verbosity, verbose, prolix. Related terms include wordy, diffuse, and circuitous; common antonyms are concise, succinct, and terse.