overlong

/ (ˌəʊvəˈlɒŋ) /

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adjective, adverb

too or excessively long

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Words nearby overlong

overleverage, overlie, overline, overlive, overload, overlong, overlook, overlooked, overlooker, overlord, overly

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How to use overlong in a sentence

Too much of the show, however, was bogged down by sketches that were underwritten and overlong.
Miley Cyrus Twerks Out a Stellar ‘Saturday Night Live’ Hosting Stint|Kevin Fallon|October 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST
At 143 minutes and with a $225 million price tag, Man of Steel feels overlong and overdone.
‘Man of Steel,’ New Superman Movie Starring Henry Cavill, Falls Flat|Marlow Stern|June 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST
It is hard to challenge these lies with a well-reasoned-but-overlong speech...
Should Be Like Fish in a Barrel|Michael Tomasky|June 15, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Her Oscar speech was a notoriously overlong, over-earnest, tear-filled, three-minute meltdown.
Too Much Gwyneth Paltrow!|Tricia Romano|April 11, 2011|DAILY BEAST

His antlers, this year, had been late to mature and overlong in the velvet.
The Watchers of the Trails|Charles G. D. Roberts
Even the softest cushion grows hard, Master Pennington, when a man waits overlong.
The Young Continentals at Bunker Hill|John T. McIntyre
But in wartime especially, too much patience becomes a dubious virtue, and if practiced for overlong may become a fault.
The Glory of The Coming|Irvin S. Cobb
I have not learned to keep up a feast overlong in the camps of Carl, however, and I was for my bed.
A King's Comrade|Charles Whistler
They were already lingering overlong and Billy jumped up and packed their supply of food in sudden haste.
The Palace of Darkened Windows|Mary Hastings Bradley

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