Of extended duration; protracted. Frequently with negative connotation.

Prolonged to a great or inordinate length; = long-drawn-out, adj.

Prolonged; occupying a considerable time.

Made longer. Also, extended in duration, prolonged, long; (of compositions, etc.) extending to great length, lengthy.

Lengthened, extended, prolonged. In time.

Of life: Drawn out beyond the normal period.

That has been produced; (in later use in Anatomy and Zoology) extended, lengthened, prolonged.

Drawn out in length in space or time; continued, prolonged.

Prolonged to a great or inordinate length.

Of considerable or prolonged duration; unduly long, protracted. Cf. long-drawn-out, adj.

With out. Unduly prolonged or protracted.