lengthily

1. 1.

   in a lengthy or prolix manner

   “the argument went on lengthily”

   “she talked at length about the problem”

   Synonymsat length

Questions about lengthily

What does lengthily mean?

lengthily means "in a lengthy or prolix manner".

How many syllables are in lengthily?

lengthily has 3 syllables: leng-thi-ly. The stress falls on "leng".

What is another word for lengthily?

Close synonyms include at length. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lengthily a common word?

lengthily is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.