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Lengthy   /lˈɛŋθi/   Listen
adjective
Lengthy  adj.  (compar. lengthier; superl. lengthiest)  Having length; rather long or too long; prolix; not brief; said chiefly of discourses, writings, and the like. "Lengthy periods." "Some lengthy additions." "These would be details too lengthy." "To cut short lengthy explanations."






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"Lengthy" Quotes from Famous Books



... disciplinary value of chastisement, they but amplify the point already made by Eliphaz in v. 17ff., and most summarily expressed in xxxvi. 15. Almost the only other assertion made is that, as against Job's contention, God does speak to men—through dreams, sickness, angels, etc. The lengthy description in which Elihu is introduced, and the mention of his genealogy, are very unlike the other introductions. The literary art of the section is, speaking generally, inferior to that of the rest of the book. It is imitative rather than creative. Elihu takes about twenty verses to announce ...
— Introduction to the Old Testament • John Edgar McFadyen

... acquired the title of squire or esquire. At the age of twenty-one the squire became a knight, being then introduced to the order of knighthood by a peculiar and impressive service. After a long fast and vigil, the candidate listened to a lengthy sermon on his duties as a knight. Then kneeling, as in the feudal ceremony of homage, before the lord conducting the services, he vowed to defend religion and the ladies, to succor the distressed, and ever to be faithful to his companion knights. His arms were now given to him, and ...
— A General History for Colleges and High Schools • P. V. N. Myers

... reaction, however, is of such sensitiveness that where characters have been traced on a piece of paper under others they appear very plainly, although physical examination would fail to reveal their existence, but a somewhat lengthy exposure to iodine vapors will ...
— Disputed Handwriting • Jerome B. Lavay

... the vanity of a lengthy toilette to a natural anxiety to set herself right with Lucian, and appeared shortly in a ravishing costume fresh from Paris. Perhaps by arraying herself so smartly she wished to assure Denzil more particularly ...
— The Silent House • Fergus Hume

... This somewhat lengthy and seemingly irrelevant sketch of the early history of Zambales and of the character of its inhabitants to-day is given to show the former state of savagery and the apathetic nature of the people who, in the days before the arrival of the Europeans, were in such close contact with ...
— Negritos of Zambales • William Allan Reed


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