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over-long

adjective as in dragging

adjective as in dragging

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Whereas the Cold War has been over long enough that people could embrace KGB officers as heroes.

Before 1920, keeping in touch over long distances was a very slow affair.

Giving a bit of edge were leather bodices worn over long slinky skirts and silk dresses that swirled around the feet.

Regardless of how fast they go over long distances, trains will find it difficult to compete with air travel.

Over long periods of unemployment, human capital depreciates.

Trial with homœopathically potentized pollens over long periods of time has not been made.

The war is over long since; but for some reason or other we remain unhenged, undrawn, and unquartered.

The Borrows were nomads, permitted by God and the king to tarry not over long in any one place.

With its seams and wrinkles it looked like a coat of white paint, yellowed and broken by over-long exposure to the elements.

In other words, the circuitous or over-long distance haul is a natural though regrettable outcome of railroad competition.

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On this page you'll find 371 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to over-long, such as: drawn-out, interminable, long, long-winded, protracted, and tedious.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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