lengthy
adjEtymology From length + -y.
1
Having length; long and overextended, especially in time rather than dimension.
- a lengthy text
- a lengthy discussion
4 more examples
- a laborious and lengthy process
- She died last night after a lengthy illness.
- They received lengthy prison terms.
- They traced the ancient lineages of two species to reveal the insects' lengthy history of asexual reproduction.2011 July 19, Ella Davies, “Sticks insects survive one million years without sex”, in BBC:
2
Speaking or writing at length; long-winded.
- If, in addition to being a lengthy preacher, he had also been a Rev. Mr. Mumbles or a Rev. Dr. Drone, the penance thus endured by his people would have been intolerably severe.1863, John Cumming, Driftwood, seaweed and fallen leaves, volume 1, page 92:
- Derived terms
- lengthily, lengthiness
- Related terms
- lengthful, lengthish, lengthsome