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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The property of being lengthy, longness. countable, uncountable

   "The lengthiness of his talk bored most of his audience nearly to sleep."

2. 2
   the consequence of being lengthened in duration wordnet
3. 3
   amount or degree or range to which something extends wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

continuationdistancedurativenessextensionextensionextent

Example

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"The lengthiness of his talk bored most of his audience nearly to sleep."

Etymology

From lengthy + -ness.

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