lengthsome

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adjective

Of significant length; long; lengthy.

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Meanings

adjectivelengthsome (comparative more lengthsome, superlative most lengthsome)

comparative more lengthsome · superlative most lengthsome

  1. Of significant length; long; lengthy.

    […] and of course I planned a number of schemes for making it, when the time should come, duly effective and elegant. I pined to learn something of her during the lengthsome days of absence.

    1869, The New Eclectic Magazine, volume 5, page 341

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
longlongsome

Origin

From length + -some.

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APA

lengthsome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lengthsome

MLA

“lengthsome.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lengthsome. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lengthsome,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lengthsome.

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