Definition of Lengthinesses

1. lengthiness [n] - See also: lengthiness

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lengthinesses

length scale
lengthed
lengthen
lengthened
lengthener
lengtheners
lengthening
lengthening reaction
lengthenings
lengthens
lengthful
lengthier
lengthiest
lengthily
lengthiness
lengthinesses (current term)
lengthless
lengthly
lengthman
lengths
lengthscale
lengthscales
lengthsman
lengthways
lengthwise
lengthy
lenience
leniences
leniencies
leniency

Literary usage of Lengthinesses

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Studies from Life by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik (1867)
"... but for all time;" that, in spite of lengthinesses, absurdities, extravagances, some belonging to the period, and some to the author's own idiosyncrasy ..."

2. Play-making: A Manual of Craftsmanship by William Archer (1912)
"... I met, during the first interact, a man of infinite taste who . . . complained of the lengthinesses of this first act: “What a lot of details,” he said, ..."

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