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protractedly

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pro·tract  (pr-trkt, pr-)
tr.v. pro·tract·ed, pro·tract·ing, pro·tracts
1. To draw out or lengthen in time; prolong: disputants who needlessly protracted the negotiations.
2. Mathematics To draw to scale by means of a scale and protractor; plot.
3. Anatomy To extend or protrude (a body part).
[Latin prtrahere, prtract- : pr-, forth; see pro-1 + trahere, to drag.]
pro·tracted·ly (-trktd-l) adv.
pro·tracted·ness n.
pro·tractive adj.
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Adv.1.protractedly - in a slow, leisurely or prolonged way; "her voice was swift, yet ever the last words fell lingeringly" -Rossetti
lingeringly
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