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Definition of Lengthily
1. Adverb. In a lengthy or prolix manner. "She talked at length about the problem"
Definition of Lengthily
1. adv. In a lengthy manner; at great length or extent.
Definition of Lengthily
1. Adverb. In a lengthy way, in a manner that is long and drawn out, especially in time. ¹
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Definition of Lengthily
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lengthily
Literary usage of Lengthily
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Series of Letters from London Written During the Years 1856, '57, '58, '59 by George Mifflin Dallas, Julia Dallas (1869)
"Write me often and " lengthily" as you can. Always sincerely yrs. No. 45. ...
lengthily ..."
2. Parliamentary Debates on the Subject of the Confederation of the British by Canada Parliament (1865)
"113 The task is the more difficult at this stage of the debate, as the arguments
for and against the measure have been already so ably and lengthily ..."
3. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson (1892)
"Randolph opposed it with firmness, & pretty lengthily. The Presidi, replied to
him lengthily, & concluded by saying he did not wish to have the thing ..."
4. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. by American Entomological Society (1883)
"... heavily and lengthily fringed beneath ; terminal joint sub-obsolete; ...
legs moderate, clothed with fine hair, rather more lengthily in the & ; tibiae ..."
5. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1906)
"Femora entire, distinctly lengthily attenuate ; the anterior nearly as long as
the middle femora ; posterior tibiae shortened to about three-fourths the ..."
6. Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies, from the Papers of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson (1829)
"He went lengthily into observations on his conduct, to raise against the executive,
... Randolph opposed it with firmness, and pretty lengthily. ..."
7. Jefferson's Germantown Letters: Together with Other Papers Relating to His by Thomas Jefferson (1906)
"Randolph opposed it with firmness, & pretty lengthily. the Presid. replied to
him lengthily, & concluded by saying he did not wish to have the thing hastily ..."
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