Lengthy

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  lengthy
       adj : 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}, {prolonged}, {protracted}]
       [also: {lengthiest}, {lengthier}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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