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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. relatively long in duration; tediously protracted;
- Example: "a drawn-out argument"
- Example: "an extended discussion"
- Example: "a lengthy visit from her mother-in-law"
- Example: "a prolonged and bitter struggle"
- Example: "protracted negotiations"
[syn: drawn-out, extended, lengthy, prolonged, protracted]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lengthy \Length"y\ (-[y^]), a. [Compar. Lengthier (-[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Lengthiest.] Having length; rather long or too long; prolix; not brief; -- said chiefly of discourses, writings, and the like. "Lengthy periods." --Washington. "Some lengthy additions." --Byron. "These would be details too lengthy." --Jefferson. "To cut short lengthy explanations." --Trench. [1913 Webster] Lenience
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

lengthy adj 1: relatively long in duration; tediously protracted; "a drawn-out argument"; "an extended discussion"; "a lengthy visit from her mother-in-law"; "a prolonged and bitter struggle"; "protracted negotiations" [syn: drawn-out, extended, lengthy, prolonged, protracted]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

53 Moby Thesaurus words for "lengthy": a mile long, boring, colossal, de longue haleine, dragging, drawn-out, dull, elongate, elongated, endless, extended, extensive, far-flung, far-reaching, fargoing, filled out, gangling, gangly, garrulous, giant, gigantic, interminable, lank, lanky, leggy, long, long-drawn-out, long-legged, long-spun, long-winded, longiloquent, longish, longsome, loquacious, no end of, overlong, padded, prolix, prolonged, protracted, rangy, sesquipedal, sesquipedalian, spun-out, statuesque, talkative, tall, tedious, unrelenting, verbose, windy, without end, wordy