单词 | prolongedly |
释义 | prolongedlyadv. At length, over a long period. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > [adverb] > in a protracted fashion trailingly1589 protractedly1624 extendedly1660 prolongedly1832 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adverb] > at length longlyOE large1395 largelya1398 at large1450 at the lengthc1500 at long1565 in huge1608 at full, great, some, etc. length1713 lengthily1787 prolongedly1832 1832 G. S. Faber Apostolicity Trinitarianism II. 408 The illustration is worked up elaborately and prolongedly through a whole treatise. 1864 A. P. Peabody Christianity Relig. of Nature iv. 76 A being who bore at once the form of man and the image of God dwelt prolongedly on the earth. 1895 Atlanta (Georgia) Constit. 30 May 7/3 He was frequently interrupted with applause and was cheered prolongedly at the conclusion. 1938 A. Gesell & H. Thompson Psychol. Early Growth viii. 151 The infant regards..the dangling ring in the midplane prolongedly, shifting his regard to the examiner's hand. 1986 New Yorker 13 Oct. 57/1 Andy demonstrates..the odd talent of coughing in his sleep, coughing prolongedly without waking himself. 2001 Spectator (Hamilton, Ont.) (Nexis) 1 Sept. m19 Students who had been prolongedly AWOL would show up. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1832 |
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