lengthily
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6.4
- adverb
- /ˈlɛŋθɪli/
:
extensamente
- During the meeting, she presented her ideas lengthily, covering all aspects thoroughly.
Examples
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The professor explained the topic lengthily, making it hard for students to stay focused.
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Catch-a-Tick, however, complained loudly and lengthily, pleading, cajoling, and demanding to be taken along.
Fiction book (1995) -
His voice regularly and lengthily cut in on my radio and my telephone.
Academic text (1992) -
Yes, briefly, and at the same time lengthily.
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This is something of an exercise in political expediency, allowing the already lengthily debated Directive to proceed without further delay from its principal opponents.
Academic text (1998) -
Indeed, President Bush suffered in the polls, not because our forces were lengthily engaged overseas, but simply because the public felt that he was devoting too much attention to foreign affairs.
Academic text (1993) -
When asked if he'll make a third film on a Reddit AMA last year, Louis C.K. responded lengthily but summed himself up by saying, "If I can get a deal to make a movie the way I do my show, I'll do it."
Blog text (10) -
Toward the end of the article, he quotes lengthily from Schjeldahl's negative review of the same show, agreeing with all of it—save his fellow critic's favorable assessment of Ruscha's work.
Academic text (2005) -
In his one-time hometown, the St. Joseph Daily Herald wrote lengthily of him on September 13, 14, and 16—front-page account with photographic likeness, editorial page assessment, and long feature piece of reminiscence.
Academic text (1999) -
He spoke lengthily about his vacation, sharing every detail of his trip.
Synonyms
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4.1
For a long time and in great detail, especially when speaking or writing
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5.8
In a long, boring way that repeats the same things
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7.6
In a way that goes on for a very long time with no end in sight
To speak or write using too many words so people lose interest
In a way that uses more words than needed
To say or write more than needed about something
Using more words than needed makes speech or writing feel long
In a slow way that lasts longer than expected
Antonyms
How Long
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word lengthily comes from lengthy, which comes from the simple word long, meaning 'long'. Adding -ly makes it an adverb meaning 'in a long way' or 'for a long time', so lengthily describes doing something for a long time or with too many details.