Overlong

adj, adv

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Too long; overly long.

    "O, hold me not with silence over-long!"

Adverb
  1. 1
    Too long, for an excessively long time.

    "[…] she casteth the rest into the fire, and there withall sodainely flings herselfe into it: Which is no sooner done, but the people cast great store of Faggots and Billets vpon hir, lest she should languish over-long […]"

Synonyms

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dragged outdraggingdrawn outdrawn-outendlessextended

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"O, hold me not with silence over-long!"

Etymology

From over- + long.

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overlong vowel

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