Long-drawn

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    long-drawn-out

    "Placed opposite, on a low seat, was her granddaughter, a huge book propped on her knee, from which she was reading aloud. Perhaps there was a charm in that sweet voice, which gave its own unconscious fascination to the long-drawn pages; but there was, also, the still stronger charm of habit."

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dragged outdrawn outextendedinterminablelanguishinglasting

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"If you want to get a long-drawn benefit from this book, don't think once skimming the cream is enough for that."

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