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protractedly

protractedly adverb: in a protracted manner.

Adverb

protractedly (comparative more protractedly, superlative most protractedly)

  1. In a protracted manner
    • (Book ads increasingly include “Also available as an audiobook,” which audio publishers, protractedly battling the belief that listeners are readers’ intellectual inferiors, consider a breakthrough.)2007 January 4, Andrew Adam Newman, “Catch the Next Chapter on Your iPod (It’s Even Cheaper)”, in New York Times

Synonyms of protractedly

Forms of protractedly

comparativemore protractedly
superlativemost protractedly

Origin of protractedly

From protracted + -ly.

Questions about protractedly

What does protractedly mean?
Protractedly means in a protracted manner.
What part of speech is protractedly?
Protractedly is an adverb.

Words near protractedly in the dictionary

  1. protozooses
  2. protozoosis
  3. protract
  4. protractable
  5. protracted
  6. protractedly
  7. protractedness
  8. protracter
  9. protracters
  10. protractest
  11. protracteth

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