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# lengthy

«lengthy» in Mova's school dictionary: **very long, often too long, in time or in words** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

Lengthy means very long, often too long, in time or in words. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lengthy/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Used in everyday and formal writing: «a lengthy wait», «a lengthy report», «lengthy instructions». It tells the reader something took a long time, often in a boring or tiring way.

### examples

- We had a lengthy wait at the doctor's. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lengthy/#x1)
- The speech was lengthy and dull. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lengthy/#x2)
- She wrote a lengthy letter to her pen pal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lengthy/#x3)
- The lengthy instructions confused everyone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lengthy/#x4)
- After a lengthy search, we found the keys. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lengthy/#x5)
- The court case was lengthy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lengthy/#x6)
- After a somewhat lengthy journey the Prince and the wolf came to the kingdom ruled over by the Emperor who possessed the golden horse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lengthy/#x7)

### note

Usually about time or text, not physical objects (say «a long rope», not «a lengthy rope»). Noun: length; verb: lengthen. Often slightly negative.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «lengthy» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lengthy/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.