lingeringadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˈlɪŋ.ɡər.ɪŋ/us/ˈlɪŋ.ɡɚ.ɪŋ/lasting a long time:
She gave him a long, lingering kiss.
She says she stopped seeing him, but I still have lingering doubts.
The defeat ends any lingering hopes she might have had of winning the championship.
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
- lengthy
- long-drawn-out
- marathon
- never-ending
- of old idiom
- old
- ongoing
- overlong
- strong
- sustainable
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lingeringly
adverb uk/ˈlɪŋ.ɡər.ɪŋ.li/us/ˈlɪŋ.ɡɚ.ɪŋ.li/