prolix

The historian's prolix introduction delayed the book's main argument.

A prolix explanation buried the simple answer beneath several needless examples.

“Their report was intentionally concise; a prolix defense, they feared, would obscure the weakness and invite captious reviewers to quarrel over minor phrasing rather than the evidence.”
— from the passage When the Curve Breaks

“Meanwhile, Prospero's speeches are cut in half, an odd choice when the program is so prolix that its notes exhaust two intermissions.”
— from the passage The Engineered Tempest

“Moreover, citizens waited through prolix opening statements from officials before receiving three minutes to address proposals whose details had already shifted.”
— from the passage The Bellwether Revision