lengthiness

An occasional lengthiness in his figures adds to their dignity, and never oversteps possible nature.

The apology for Crabbe's lengthiness might almost be extended to the singular inequalities of his verse.

You will be weary of my lengthiness; and perhaps I am lingering too long over the earlier portion of my narrative.

His allegiance to Balzac remained unshaken, though he was conscious of lengthiness when he read him aloud.

Oratory, like a drama, abhors lengthiness; like the drama, it must be kept doing.