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lengthily adverb uk /ˈleŋ.θəl.i/ us /ˈleŋ.θəl.i/ in a way that continues for a long time: (感情或记忆)持久地,永久地 They spoke seriously and lengthily to their own doctor as well as to a specialist. The book is a lengthily researched field study of the culture of highest-level Washington. She has an enduring hunger for the sport he has served so well and so lengthily. He can no longer run for re-election and so his successor is being lengthily selected. The pair spoke lengthily by phone over the weekend. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Lasting for a long time all-night ancient be going strongidiom changeless dateless incorruptibility incorruptible incorruptibly languish lasting nondurable goods of oldidiom old ongoing overlength timelessness unslaked until doomsday venerably year |