protractedly

comparative more protractedly · superlative most protractedly

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.)

   2007 January 4, Andrew Adam Newman, “Catch the Next Chapter on Your iPod (It’s Even Cheaper)”, in New York Times

   Synonyms: abidingly, at length, enduringly