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lengthy

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
lengthy/ˈleŋθi/

▶adjective (lengthier, lengthiest) of considerable or unusual duration.

– derivatives
lengthily adverb,
lengthiness noun.

'lengthy' also found in these Oxford entries:

battle - blah - blood feud - Brahmana - earbashing - eternal - hash - jaw-jaw - long haul - long-winded - progressive - prolix - prolonged - rigmarole - spout - talkfest - tortuous - track - verbiage - voluminous - waffle - work

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