lengthyadjective
uk/ˈleŋ.θi/us/ˈleŋ.θi/C1 continuing for a long time:
a lengthy discussion/process
Many airline passengers face lengthy delays because of the strike.
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- A lengthy police investigation failed to produce any evidence on which the suspect could be convicted.
- After a lengthy and painful divorce, she vowed never to remarry.
- He had boiled down a lengthy report to just a few paragraphs.
- After a lengthy discussion we reached a unanimous decision on the proposal.
- It is a lengthy and compelling family saga.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Lasting for a long time
- all-night
- ancient
- be going strong idiom
- changeless
- deep
- die hard idiom
- epic
- incorruptible
- languish
- lasting
- lingering
- long-drawn-out
- marathon
- never-ending
- of old idiom
- old
- ongoing
- overlong
- strong
- sustainable
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