Antonyms for lengthiness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : lengk-thee, leng-, len-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɛŋk θi, ˈlɛŋ-, ˈlɛn-

Definition of lengthiness

Origin : 1759, American English, from length + -y (2). Until c.1840 always characterized in British English as an Americanism.
This word has been very common among us, both in writing and in the language of conversation; but it has been so much ridiculed by Americans as well as Englishmen, that in writing it is now generally avoided. Mr. Webster has admitted it into his dictionary; but as need hardly be remarked it is not in any of the English ones. It is applied by us, as Mr. Webster justly observes, chiefly to writings or discourses. Thus we say, a lengthy pamphlet, a lengthy sermon, &c. The English would say, a long or (in the more familiar style) a longish sermon. [John Pickering, "A Vocabulary, or Collection of Words and Phrases Which Have Been Supposed to be Peculiar to the United States of America," Boston, 1816]
Related: Lengthily; lengthiness.

As in length : noun extent of object, distance, time

Example sentences :

There are two further reasons in extenuation of this lengthiness.
Extract from : « Landmarks of Scientific Socialism » by Friedrich Engels

I do not apologise for the lengthiness of this quotation—it is so much to the point, and is replete with instructive ideas.
Extract from : « How to Write a Novel » by Anonymous

As to the lengthiness of the recitatives, that was an affair of very little importance.
Extract from : « The Life of Rossini » by Henry Sutherland Edwards

It was commenced by the Stranger with some impatience at the lengthiness of my introductory process.
Extract from : « Flatland » by Edwin Abbott Abbott

I know that horrible Black Bird, and the lengthiness of all his proceedings and surroundings.'
Extract from : « The Green Fairy Book » by Various

His allegiance to Balzac remained unshaken, though he was conscious of lengthiness when he read him aloud.
Extract from : « Life and Letters of Robert Browning » by Mrs. Sutherland Orr

The apology for Crabbe's lengthiness might almost be extended to the singular inequalities of his verse.
Extract from : « Crabbe, (George) » by Alfred Ainger

You will be weary of my lengthiness; and perhaps I am lingering too long over the earlier portion of my narrative.
Extract from : « Chantry House » by Charlotte M. Yonge

Synonyms for lengthiness

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