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at length

US[æʔ ˈlɛŋθ]

at length prepositional phrase: for a long time; extensively.

Prepositional phrase

  1. For a long time; extensively.
    • He went on at great/long length about his supposed qualifications.
  2. (dated, formal) At last, finally, eventually.
    • She led us through the tunnels for some time, until at length we reached a small door in the rock.
    • Through all these she persistently pursued the object of her mission. Her search lasted for long weary years—she followed it unweariedly, till at length she was rewarded.1861, E. J. Guerin, Mountain Charley, page 26
  3. (archaic) In full; without omission or abbreviation.
    • The proceedings of Congress are not given, since they are inserted at length in the "Congressional Globe;" but the principal bills are noticed under the date of their passage.1800, Francis Vincent, United States Register, page 4

at length meaning in Malayalam, Kannada, Arabic and Vietnamese

at length in Malayalam

endlessly, a long time, for ages
സവിസ്തരം, സുദീർഘമായി, നീണ്ടനേരം, വളരെനേരം, ദീർഘനേരം, ദീർഘമായി
in detail, fully, thoroughly
നീണ്ടനേരം, വിശദമായി, നിരാകുലം, മുഴുവനായി, പരിപൂർണ്ണമായി, ആഴത്തിൽ
after a long time, eventually, in time
ഒടുവിൽ, ഒടുക്കം, വളരെസമയത്തിനു ശേഷം, അവസാനം, വളരെക്കാലത്തിനു ശേഷം, യഥാസമയം

at length in Kannada

ಸುದೀರ್ಘವಾಗಿ, ವಿವರವಾಗಿ

at length in Arabic

finally
أَخِيرًا ʔaḵīran
for a long time
بِالتَّفْصِيل bi-l-tafṣīl, بِإِسْهَاب bi-ʔishāb

at length in Vietnamese

for a long time
dài dòng

Examples of at length in a sentence

  • How long I slept I cannot tell, for I had nothing to guide me to the time, but woke at length, and found myself still in darkness.1898, J. Meade Falkner, chapter 4, in Moonfleet:
  • ‘You got rather left there, old chap,’ said Monk at length.1903, P. G. Wodehouse, A Prefect's Uncle, A & C Black:
  • Mr Cripps, who had meanwhile been submitting certain bottles to a close scrutiny against the light, at length uttered an exclamation of triumph and put a bottle on the table.1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 7:
  • At length, the two schemes were amalgamated to form the Manchester & Birmingham, which was to pass through the Potteries and join the Grand Junction at Chebsey, a few miles north of Stafford.1957 September, M. D. Greville and G. O. Holt, “Railway Development in Manchester—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 617:

Synonyms of at length

All synonyms of at length

Questions about at length

What does at length mean?
At length means for a long time; extensively.
What is at length in Malayalam?
At length in Malayalam is സവിസ്തരം, സുദീർഘമായി, നീണ്ടനേരം. See At length meaning in Malayalam.
How do you use at length in a sentence?
How long I slept I cannot tell, for I had nothing to guide me to the time, but woke at length, and found myself still in darkness.
What part of speech is at length?
At length is a prepositional phrase.
How do you pronounce at length?
At length is pronounced [æʔ ˈlɛŋθ] (US).

Words near at length in the dictionary

  1. at large
  2. at last
  3. at latter Lammas
  4. at least
  5. at leisure
  6. at length
  7. at liberty
  8. at loggerheads
  9. at long last
  10. at loose ends
  11. at minimum

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Adapted from Wiktionary: at length (page history and authors); at length (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); at length (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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