lengthy
/lˈɛŋθi/adjective2 syllables
Lengthy means: relatively long in duration; tediously protracted.
Synonyms for lengthy5
What does lengthy mean?1
adjective
1
relatively long in duration; tediously protracted“a drawn-out argument”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Lengthy in a sentence
- In his lengthy career, he had never seen the market so high.unknown
- After a lengthy inspection, the tunnel was reopened to traffic.Amastan
- During lengthy cold spells, the lakes and rivers freeze over.sundown
- It's a lengthy process, but we nudged it along a bit.CarpeLanam
- It was his lengthy narrative that bored me to death.CM
- The lengthy peace hid the early signs of an explosion.Scott
- The peace we have today is the result of lengthy peace talks.ari_diary
- Yanni did not hide the fact that he had a lengthy criminal record.Amastan
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Forms of lengthy
as a adjective
- comparative
- lengthier
- superlative
- lengthiest