lengthy

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lengthy - 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

lengthy - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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]

lengthy - 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