protract
verb (used with object)
to draw out or lengthen, especially in time; extend the duration of; prolong.
protractedly
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a word derived from
protract.
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a word derived from
protracted.
protractedadjectivedrawn out or lengthened in time; extended in duration.
Example Sentences
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Till, portrayed by Antonio Michael Woodard in Mosaic Theater Company’s protractedly solemn mounting, is a 14-year-old live wire with a stutter, a disability the teenager tries to overcome by breaking out into whistles.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 14, 2022
Perhaps most memorable of all was the time when he got protractedly and perplexingly upset about a high street bakery introducing a vegan sausage roll.
From Slate ● Mar. 12, 2021
For the Daily Mirror, Ruth Myers, a handwriting expert, found, in a protractedly unflattering analysis, that the letter exposed Meghan as “emotionally insecure and self-pitying”.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 16, 2019
Although he was never accused of wrongdoing, WNYC's protractedly shabby treatment of the late-great Steve Post, that began under Ms. Walker's tenure, was a harbinger of what was to come.
From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2018
Just as cross as ever you like, so long as you don't keep it up too protractedly.
From The Far Horizon by Lucas Malet
