lengthiness
lengthiness · lengthinesses
The property of being lengthy, longnessThe property of being lengthy, longness.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)The property of being lengthy, longness.
The lengthiness of his talk bored most of his audience nearly to sleep.
More definitions
- the consequence of being lengthened in duration
- amount or degree or range to which something extends
Forms
plural: lengthinesses| Singular | lengthiness |
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Synonyms
6 synonymsClose in meaning
- the consequence of being lengthened in duration:prolongationcontinuationprotraction
- amount or degree or range to which something extends:extensionprolongation
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedlengthy
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.