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lengthiness
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun lengthiness has 2 senses
- lengthiness(n = noun.attribute) extension, prolongation - amount or degree or range to which something extends; "the wire has an extension of 50 feet" is a kind of longness
- lengthiness(n = noun.attribute) continuation, prolongation, protraction - the consequence of being lengthened in duration; Array is a kind of duration, length
has particulars: coextension
has particulars: fermata
Derived form adjective lengthy1
CIDE DICTIONARY
lengthiness, n.
The state or quality of being lengthy; prolixity. [1913 Webster]
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