lengthy
Adjective
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Adjective
lengthy (comparative lengthier, superlative lengthiest)
- Having length; long and overextended, especially in time rather than dimension.
- a lengthy text
- a lengthy discussion
- a laborious and lengthy process
- She died last night after a lengthy illness.
- They received lengthy prison terms.
- Speaking or writing at length; long-winded.
- 1863, John Cumming, Driftwood, seaweed and fallen leaves (volume 1, page 92)
- If, in addition to being a lengthy preacher, he had also been a Rev. Mr. Mumbles or a Rev. Dr. Drone, the penance thus endured by his people would have been intolerably severe.
- 1863, John Cumming, Driftwood, seaweed and fallen leaves (volume 1, page 92)
- lengthful
- lengthish
- lengthsome
- French: long
- German: lang, ausgedehnt, langdauernd, langwierig, ellenlang, langanhaltend
- Portuguese: extensível, extenso
- Russian: дли́тельный
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