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long-drawn-out
adjective as in long
adjective as in indirect
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adjective as in interminable
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adjective as in long
adjective as in slow
adjective as in tedious
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adjective as in long-drawn-out
adjective as in overlong
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- continued
- deep
- distant
- dragging
- drawn-out
- elongate
- elongated
- enduring
- enlarged
- expanded
- extensive
- far-off
- far-reaching
- faraway
- gangling
- great
- high
- lanky
- lasting
- lengthened
- lengthy
- lingering
- lofty
- longish
- outstretched
- prolonged
- protracted
- rangy
- remote
- running
- spread-out
- spun out
- stretch
- stretched
- stretching
- stringy
- sustained
- tall
- towering
adjective as in protracted
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Example Sentences
How little did she realize the long drawn-out agony that was even then beginning for her sisters in that ill-fated entrenchment!
During so long drawn out a suspense I tried to ease the tension by dictation.
Then, such an explosion and a sort of long drawn out ei-ei-ei-ei cry of horror from the Turks.
This was the net result of the little engagement; but it was very long drawn out at the time.
The Presbyterian Church was crowded, the exercises long drawn out.
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On this page you'll find 35 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to long-drawn-out, such as: boundless, delayed, diffuse, diffusive, dilatory, and dragging.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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