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Definition of Protractedly
1. Adverb. In a slow, leisurely or prolonged way. "Her voice was swift, yet ever the last words fell lingeringly"
Definition of Protractedly
1. Adjective. In a protracted manner ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Protractedly
Literary usage of Protractedly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Western Journal of Medicine and Surgery by Daniel Drake, Lundsford Pitts Yandell (1850)
"We apply cold water slowly and protractedly, to subdue acute inflammation; but
if the lesion be sub-acute, and especially it it be merely functional, ..."
2. The Mechanism of the Universe, and Its Primary Effort-exerting Powers: The by Augustus Fendler (1874)
"As Versatile Activity can never be at rest, it must, when dwelling protractedly
in the ... and 3) when not dwelling protractedly in one and the same ..."
3. Report by New Hampshire State Dept. of Health, State Dept. of Health, New Hampshire (1889)
"prophylactic in latitudes and at seasons where and when the daily mean temperature
is protractedly 70 degrees or over. In other words, the golden rule is ..."
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