ADVERB
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in a lengthy or prolix manner
the argument went on lengthily
she talked at length about the problem
How To Use lengthily In A Sentence
- the argument went on lengthily
- I find myself staring at my father's back as he bends over and peers lengthily into the dangerously overstuffed interior of the fridge.
- It was made by taking a lot of meat and boiling it lengthily, then reducing the liquid to a syrupy consistency, after which it would dry quite hard and keep well until the time came to reconstitute it with boiling water.
- On dogwatches he conferred lengthily with the reporter, back now with the most complete report on wartime England yet made by an American.
- In the endless literary writing history, female and her body lengthily continue a depreciated destiny.