What is "longwinded"

Usage examples of "longwinded".

Many more minutes passed as the mayor, then the Governor, made unnecessarily longwinded speeches.

The language that they had made was unlike all others: slow, sonorous, agglomerated, repetitive, indeed longwinded.

So they were able to spend their time giving longwinded speeches on the glories of republicanism and issuing challenges to each other over the pettiest slights imaginable.