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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs word and wordsmith which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

wordless
  1. Conveyed without the use of words; unspoken or unsaid.
  2. Unable or unwilling to speak; dumb, silent or inarticulate.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. silent, mute, uncommunicative, speechless, dumb, mom, mum, muted, nonverbal, taciturn, voiceless, quiet, tongue-tied, unspeaking, closemouthed, tight-lipped, close-mouthed, mumchance, inarticulate, at a loss for words, reticent, unforthcoming, reserved, clammed up, shy, buttoned up, untalkative, lost for words, hushed, still, laconic, dumbstruck, soundless, nonvocal, struck dumb, bereft of speech, unable to get a word out, secretive, dumbfounded, unsociable, bashful, zipped, dumbstricken, obmutescent, saying nothing, not talkative, aphonic, unable to speak, not saying boo, mousy … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “She stood before the crowd, wordless and trembling, as she attempted to find the strength to speak her truth.”
      “The smile on her face spoke volumes, making any further explanation wordless.”
      “Kerry Fox and Mark Rylance star as a couple whose wordless, adulterous affair descends into paranoia and self-destruction.”
wordly
  1. (rare) Of, relating to, or resembling a word; verbal.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. verbal, vocal, voiced, lingual, oral, spoken, uttered
  3. Examples:
      4. “She had a wordly demeanor, always engaging in lively conversations and expressing her thoughts with ease.”
      “Bear in mind that most material invocations for wordly gains will almost inevitably carry some degree of bad luck.”
      “As Egyptian life changed rather than ended, so the eye travels down and across the texts, along the papyri, from wordly symbol to symbolic word.”
wordish
  1. Of or pertaining to words; verbal; wordy.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. lectical, lectic, logological, vocabular
  3. Examples:
      4. “He yieldeth to the power of the mind an image of that of which the philosopher bestoweth but a wordish description.”
wordinitial
  1. (linguistics) Occurring at the beginning of a word.
wordfinal
  1. (linguistics) Occurring at the end of a word.
wordable
  1. Possible to express in words.
wordy
  1. Using an excessive number of words.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. verbose, prolix, windy, rambling, garrulous, diffuse, pleonastic, loquacious, lengthy, circumlocutory, bombastic, circuitous, discursive, talkative, tedious, voluble, gabby, periphrastic, chatty, talky, protracted, repetitious, turgid, digressive, tautological, inflated, logorrheic, ambagious, redundant, palaverous, maundering, flatulent, logorrhoeic, tortuous, waffly, sesquipedalian, long-winded, long-drawn-out, full of verbiage, gassy, meandering, rhetorical, grandiloquent, effusive, oratorical, magniloquent, wandering, fustian, flowery, orotund … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Their speeches are wordy and repetitive, variations on some theme, or simple reiterations for incantatory effect, always mesmerizing even when you merely read the lines to yourself in the script.”
      “His wordy speech was filled with complex vocabulary and intricate language.”
      “It was on the cosy feuilleton sections of some of the continent's leading newspapers that they choose to make their wordy stand.”
wordlike
  1. Resembling a word.
wordier
  1. comparative form of wordy: more wordy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. windier, lengthier, gabbier, chattier, talkier, wafflier, more verbose, more prolix, more garrulous, more diffuse, more pleonastic, more loquacious, more circumlocutory, more bombastic, more circuitous, more discursive, more talkative, more tedious, more voluble, more protracted, more repetitious, more turgid, more digressive, more tautological, more inflated, more logorrheic, more ambagious, more redundant, more palaverous, more flatulent, more logorrhoeic, more tortuous, more sesquipedalian, more long-winded, more long-drawn-out, gassier, more meandering, more grandiloquent, more effusive, more magniloquent, flowerier, more orotund, more pretentious, more pompous, mouthier, more conversational, gossipier, more multiloquent, more convoluted, more multiloquous … more
wordiest
  1. superlative form of wordy: most wordy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. windiest, lengthiest, gabbiest, chattiest, talkiest, waffliest, most verbose, most prolix, most garrulous, most diffuse, most pleonastic, most loquacious, most circumlocutory, most bombastic, most circuitous, most discursive, most talkative, most tedious, most voluble, most protracted, most repetitious, most turgid, most digressive, most tautological, most inflated, most logorrheic, most ambagious, most redundant, most palaverous, most flatulent, most logorrhoeic, most tortuous, most sesquipedalian, most long-winded, most long-drawn-out, gassiest, most meandering, most grandiloquent, most effusive, most magniloquent, floweriest, most orotund, most pretentious, most pompous, mouthiest, most conversational, gossipiest, most multiloquent, most convoluted, most multiloquous … more
worded
  1. simple past tense and past participle of word
  2. Synonyms:
      3. said, spoke, declared, pronounced, stated, uttered, voiced, exclaimed, remarked, announced, mentioned, put forth, related, reported, responded, added, answered, came out with, commented, cried, flapped, gabbed, gave away, gave voice, mumbled, replied, spieled, yakked, enounced, mouthed, muttered, spouted, talked, vocalised, vocalized, whispered, broke silence, gave voice to, blurted, murmured, noted, observed, shouted, blabbered, chirped, drawled, rapped, rejoined, jawed, lipped … more
wording
  1. present participle of word
  2. Synonyms:
      3. expressing, couching, phrasing, articulating, stating, formulating, framing, saying, clothing, putting, uttering, verbalising, verbalizing, styling, setting forth … more
wordsmithed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of wordsmith
  2. Synonyms:
      3. rapped, rhymed, lyricized, poeticized, freestyled, busted, flowed, punned, riddled, phrased, quibbled, quipped, namesaked, played with words … more
wordsmithing
  1. present participle of wordsmith
  2. Synonyms:
      3. rapping, rhyming, lyricizing, poeticizing, freestyling, busting, flowing, punning, riddling, phrasing, quibbling, quipping, namesaking, playing with words … more
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