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lengthful

lengthful adjective: long.

Adjective

lengthful (comparative more lengthful, superlative most lengthful)

  1. (obsolete) long
    • He said ; the driver whirls his lengthful thong; The horses fly!1721, Homer (translated by Alexander Pope), The Iliad of Homer
    • His lengthful bristles were hard and stood upright like darts; his glaring eyes were red and fiery;1793, François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon, The Adventures of Telemachus, the Son of Ulysses

Forms of lengthful

comparativemore lengthful
superlativemost lengthful

Origin of lengthful

From length + -ful.

Questions about lengthful

What does lengthful mean?
Lengthful means long.
What part of speech is lengthful?
Lengthful is an adjective.

Words near lengthful in the dictionary

  1. lengthens down
  2. lengthens out
  3. lengthens up
  4. lengther
  5. lengthers
  6. lengthful
  7. lengthier
  8. lengthiest
  9. lengthily
  10. lengthiness
  11. lengthinesses

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