Synonyms for lengthiness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : lengk-thee, leng-, len- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɛŋk θi, ˈlɛŋ-, ˈlɛn- |
Top 10 synonyms for lengthiness Other synonyms for the word lengthiness
- compass
- continuance
- elongation
- endlessness
- expanse
- expansion
- extensiveness
- interval
- lastingness
- lengthiness
- linearity
- loftiness
- longitude
- longness
- measure
- orbit
- panorama
- portion
- protractedness
- purview
- quantity
- radius
- range
- ranginess
- reach
- realm
- remoteness
- season
- section
- segment
- space
- spaciousness
- span
- stretch
- stride
- tallness
- term
- unit
- width
- year
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for lengthiness
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