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lengthsome

lengthsome adjective: of significant length; long; lengthy.

Adjective

lengthsome (comparative more lengthsome, superlative most lengthsome)

  1. Of significant length; long; lengthy.
    • […] and of course I planned a number of schemes for making it, when the time should come, duly effective and elegant. I pined to learn something of her during the lengthsome days of absence.1869, The New Eclectic Magazine, volume 5, page 341

Forms of lengthsome

comparativemore lengthsome
superlativemost lengthsome

Origin of lengthsome

From length + -some.

Questions about lengthsome

What does lengthsome mean?
Lengthsome means of significant length; long; lengthy.
What part of speech is lengthsome?
Lengthsome is an adjective.

Words near lengthsome in the dictionary

  1. lengths overall
  2. lengthscale
  3. lengthscales
  4. lengthsman
  5. lengthsmen
  6. lengthsome
  7. lengthways
  8. lengthwise
  9. lengthy
  10. lengua
  11. Lengyel

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