Protractedly

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    In a protracted manner

    "(Book ads increasingly include “Also available as an audiobook,” which audio publishers, protractedly battling the belief that listeners are readers’ intellectual inferiors, consider a breakthrough.)"

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a slow, leisurely or prolonged way wordnet

Synonyms

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abidinglyat lengthday in day outdiuturnallyenduringlyforever and a day

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"(Book ads increasingly include “Also available as an audiobook,” which audio publishers, protractedly battling the belief that listeners are readers’ intellectual inferiors, consider a breakthrough.)"

Etymology

From protracted + -ly.

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