Lengthy
['leŋθɪ;'leŋkθɪ] or ['lɛŋθi]
Definition
(superl.) Having length; rather long or too long; prolix; not brief; -- said chiefly of discourses, writings, and the like.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Long, lengthened, prolonged, prolix, not short, not brief.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Diffuse, prolix, tedious, long-drawn, verbose
ANT:Concise, compendious, curt, short, brief, laconic, compact, condensed,succinct
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Examples
- But there goes the bell, and as I stand to win a little on this next race, I shall defer a lengthy explanation until a more fitting time. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- That is to say, if the operation will not be a lengthy one; and if Mrs. Casaubon will not object to the delay. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- During the lengthy cleaning up and pattening process, when he and Mr. Bagnet are supplied with their pipes, he is no better than he was at dinner. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Lengthy and prosy in the extreme. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
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