lengthy
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3.5
- adjective
- /ˈlɛŋθi/
- After a lengthy discussion, they finally reached an agreement that pleased both parties.
- a lengthy process
- lengthy negotiations
- a lengthy discussion
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Watch on YouTubeI hadn't signed a lengthy sort of contract.
- I hadn't signed a lengthy sort of contract.
- And on top of all of this, we've overlaid lengthy periods of penal confinement.
- This person will take the time to typically write out a very lengthy profile.
- And one has quite a lengthy answer to this.
- I'd had a very lengthy face to face on camera interview with him.
- How you express them will change because, you know, brevity is overtaking lengthy communications.
- They were treated by cruel methods with prolonged cold showers, shock therapy, and lengthy periods of isolation.
- And if they continue throughout their life, that's a long life of being in public and a lengthy digital footprint.
- And there was a, there was a, a pretty lengthy build up to my nanny passing away.
Examples
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Often, these youngsters have a lengthy history of youth care before and during their homelessness.
Academic text (2008) -
It was only after very lengthy and protracted discussions that we decided against recommending your offer to our shareholders.
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You know, that was a very lengthy story you told about your brother.
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You wrote me an e-mail at one point that was lengthy and thoughtful.
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I'd had a very lengthy face to face on camera interview with him.
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Because of the position of the tumor, the operation may be lengthy.
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Dinner that night was a lengthy, awkward affair marked by long periods of silence.
Fiction book (1992) -
People wrote lengthy, detailed and often heart wrenching tales.
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Matt Poncelet has had a lengthy, thorough court review.
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Well, ma'am, what I want you to understand is that this may be a lengthy trial, and that you would be sequestered during deliberations.
Synonyms
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2.5
Continuing for a very long time and not stopping
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3.9
Continuing for a longer time than usual
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6.6
Continuing for a long time, often longer than expected
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4.6
Lasting longer than needed and feeling tiring
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7.5
Lasting a very long time and making you bored or annoyed
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4.0
Lasting longer than usual
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2.5
A little bigger from one end to the other or lasting more than usual
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4.2
Longer than needed or wanted
Antonyms
Compounds
- Literature
A long angry piece of writing or speech that strongly criticizes something
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Lengthy is made from the word length plus the ending -y, and length comes from an old word meaning 'long', the same idea as the common word long. So lengthy describes something that takes a 'long' time or is longer than needed.