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 and divides as leng-thi-ly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

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.