adv. [f. prec. + -LY2.] In a verbose manner; wordily.

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1775.  in Ash.

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1784.  Cowper, Ep. J. Hill, 44. I hate long arguments, verbosely spun.

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1794.  W. Taylor, in Monthly Rev., XIII. 45. Passages may be found which will seem to have been rendered indolently or verbosely.

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1902.  Sat. Rev., 29 Nov., 682/2. Miss Taylor … tells the story effectively if a little verbosely.

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