lengthy

B2 Topic:Time
US /ˈlɛŋθi/
adj Freq #21828

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Lasting or continuing for a long time, often too long.

    After a lengthy discussion, they finally reached a decision.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · lasting or continuing for a... drawn-out
Word family
Forms lengthierlengthiest
Derived forms lengthilylengthiness
Related forms lengthfullengthishlengthsome

Etymology

From length + -y.

Topics

Time
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