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Lengthy

adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having length; long and overextended, especially in time rather than dimension.

    "a lengthy text"

  2. 2
    Speaking or writing at length; long-winded.

    "If, in addition to being a lengthy preacher, he had also been a Rev. Mr. Mumbles or a Rev. Dr. Drone, the penance thus endured by his people would have been intolerably severe."

Adjective
  1. 1
    relatively long in duration; tediously protracted wordnet

Etymology

From length + -y.

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