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lengthy

[lengk-thee, leng-, len-]

Origin

adjective, length·i·er, length·i·est.

having or being of great length; very long: a lengthy journey.

tediously verbose; very long; too long: a lengthy speech.

Origin:
1680–90, Americanism; length + -y¹

Related forms

length·i·ly, adverb

length·i·ness, noun

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lengthy (ˈlɛŋkθɪ, ˈlɛŋθɪ)

—*adj* , lengthier, lengthiest
	of relatively great or tiresome extent or duration

'lengthily

—*adv*

'lengthiness

—n

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Word Origin & History

lengthy

1759, Amer.Eng., from length + -y (2). Until c.1840 always characterized in British English as an Americanism.

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