lengthily
- a word derived from lengthy.
Example Sentences
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The TMO confirms that the ball was grounded by Timoney after a lengthily review.
From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2024
But after preliminary comments in a news conference with Oman Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi, he quickly, and lengthily, turned to Ukraine.
From Washington Post ● May 19, 2022
She hugs a young, confused first-time voter, lengthily, twirls a burly young bearded Clinton supporter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2016
The play was lengthily umped and viewed but stood up—not an injustice but an irreversible little unfairness, a bad joke.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 15, 2015
The leaves rustled again more lengthily while you could count a hundred, and then Maid Marian, who had done the rabbit’s thump, was surrounded by her band of twenty plus two.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
