protractedly

1. 1.

   in a slow, leisurely or prolonged way

   “her voice was swift, yet ever the last words fell lingeringly”

   Synonymslingeringly

Questions about protractedly

What does protractedly mean?

protractedly means "in a slow, leisurely or prolonged way".

How many syllables are in protractedly?

protractedly has 4 syllables: pro-trac-ted-ly. The stress falls on "trac".

What is another word for protractedly?

Close synonyms include lingeringly. 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 protractedly a common word?

protractedly 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.