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lengthy Adjective [lengthier, lengthiest] very long or tiresome lengthily adv
lengthiness n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
lengthy adjective 1. protracted, long, prolonged, very long, tedious, lengthened, diffuse, drawn-out, interminable, long-winded, long-drawn-out, overlong, verbose, prolix adjective 2. very long, rambling, interminable, long-winded, wordy, discursive, extended, overlong, verbose, prolix << OPPOSITE brief |
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In war, then, let your great object be victory, not lengthy campaigns. We speak of what is white as large, because the surface over which the white extends is large; we speak of an action or a process as lengthy, because the time covered is long; these things cannot in their own right claim the quantitative epithet. There he saw a lengthy chain of people gliding under the walls. |
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