US /ˈlɛŋkθsəm/ UK /ˈlɛŋθsəm/
adj

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    tediously long; protracted

    The committee endured a lengthsome debate over the budget.

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Synonyms
1 adj · tediously long; protracted lengthytediousprotractedlongdrawn-out
Opposites
Word family
Related forms lengthlengthylong

Etymology

From length (Old English lengþu, from lang 'long') + the suffix -some.

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