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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]