Protractedly

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

  Protracted \Pro*tract`ed\, a.
     Prolonged; continued.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Protracted meeting},a religious meeting continued for many
        successive days. [U. S.]


        [1913 Webster] -- {Pro*tract"ed*ly}, adv. --
        {Pro*tract"ed*ness}, n.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  protractedly
       adv : in a slow, leisurely or prolonged way; "her voice was swift,
             yet ever the last words fell lingeringly" -Rossetti
             [syn: {lingeringly}]