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[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