lengthilyadv.
/ˈlɛŋ(k)θᵻli/, /ˈlɛnθᵻli/, U.S. /ˈlɛŋθəli/ In a lengthy manner; at length.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adverb] > at length
longlyOE
large1395
largelya1398
at large1450
at the lengthc1500
at long1565
in huge1608
at full, great, some, etc. length1713
lengthily1787
prolongedly1832
1787 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) II. 334 I have written some~what lengthily to Mr. Madison.
1827 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 21 729 Informing her very lengthily,—to borrow an Americanism..that her father has promised her hand.
1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt II. xvi. 33 The reasons against it need not be urged lengthily.
1886 Manch. Examiner 21 May 5/4 The case was lengthily and learnedly argued on both sides.
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