long-drawn-out

[lawng-drawn-out, long-]

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adjective

lasting a very long time; protracted: a long-drawn-out story.
of great length; long: a long-drawn-out line of soldiers.

Also drawn-out, long-drawn.

Origin of long-drawn-out

First recorded in 1900–05

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Related Words for long-drawn-out

boundless, delayed, diffuse, dilatory, dragging, drawn-out, late, lengthy, limitless, lingering, long-winded, overlong, prolix, prolonged, protracted, slow, sustained, tardy, unending, verbose

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Historical Examples of long-drawn-out

Then there came a long-drawn-out whisper from Sydney Barnes.
The Avenger
E. Phillips Oppenheim
Human history is like a long-drawn-out drama, in which we are actors.
Gloria Crucis
J. H. Beibitz
Do not present a long-drawn-out and padded dance that will weary everyone.
The Art of Stage Dancing
Ned Wayburn
In that long-drawn-out monotony we made the most of trivialities.
From sketch-book and diary
Elizabeth Butler
The fall migration of the black-and-white is long-drawn-out.
Life Histories of North American Wood Warblers Part One and Part Two
Arthur Bent

British Dictionary definitions for long-drawn-out

long-drawn-out

adjective

over-prolonged or extended

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