lengthiness

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noun

The property of being lengthy, longness.

“The lengthiness of his talk bored most of his audience nearly to sleep.”

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durativenessprotractednessextensionprolongationcontinuationprotraction
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Meanings

nounlengthiness (countable and uncountable, plural lengthinesses)

plural lengthinesses

  1. countableuncountableThe property of being lengthy, longness.

    The lengthiness of his talk bored most of his audience nearly to sleep.

    Synonyms: durativeness, protractedness

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe property of being lengthy, longness.

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durativenessprotractedness

More synonyms by meaning

nounamount or degree or range to which something extends

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extensionprolongation
Broader
longness

nounthe consequence of being lengthened in duration

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prolongationcontinuationprotraction
Broader
durationlength
Also see
continuationextensionlastingnesslengthprolongationprotraction

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From lengthy + -ness.

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APA

lengthiness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lengthiness

MLA

“lengthiness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lengthiness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lengthiness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lengthiness.

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