lengthy

English

Etymology

From length +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

lengthy (comparative lengthier, superlative lengthiest)

1. Having length; long and overextended, especially in time rather than dimension.
   • 2011 July 19, Ella Davies, “Sticks insects survive one million years without sex”, in BBC‎^[1]:

     They traced the ancient lineages of two species to reveal the insects' lengthy history of asexual reproduction.

   a lengthy text

   a lengthy discussion

   a laborious and lengthy process

   She died last night after a lengthy illness.

   They received lengthy prison terms.

2. Speaking or writing at length; long-winded.
   • 1863, John Cumming, Driftwood, seaweed and fallen leaves, volume 1, page 92:

     If, in addition to being a lengthy preacher, he had also been a Rev. Mr. Mumbles or a Rev. Dr. Drone, the penance thus endured by his people would have been intolerably severe.

Related terms

• lengthful
• lengthish
• lengthsome

Translations

long of time

• Bulgarian: проточен (bg) (protočen)
• Czech: zdlouhavý (cs) m
• Esperanto: longaĉa
• French: long (fr), longuet (fr)
• German: lang (de), ausgedehnt (de), langdauernd, langwierig (de), ellenlang (de), langanhaltend (de)
• Hungarian: hosszadalmas (hu)
• Italian: lungo (it), esteso (it), lento (it)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: دوور ودرێژ (dûr widrêj)

• Maori: taumano, tautini, tūroa
• Portuguese: extensível (pt), extenso (pt)
• Russian: дли́тельный (ru) (dlítelʹnyj)
• Swedish: lång (sv), långvarig (sv), utdragen (sv)

long in physical distance

• Bulgarian: твърде дълъг (tvǎrde dǎlǎg)
• Maori: roa (mi), whāroa
• Turkish: upuzun (tr) sg

long-winded

• Bulgarian: многословен (bg) (mnogosloven)