long-drawn

Adjective

Meaning

Extended to a great length.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

long-term long great continued far course along extended extensive considerable lasting lengthy prolonged elongated endless
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Antonyms

little short limited FAST fleet brief
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Examples

We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire. Neither the sudden shock of battle, nor the long-drawn trials of vigilance and exertion will wear us down. Give us the tools and we will finish the job. Winston Churchill

Where through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the note of praise. Thomas Gray

“An additional spillway was a long-drawn demand for enhancing the water discharge capacity of the dam during high flood. Source: Internet

Because being the best makes you the number one but being unique makes you the only one,” the top court had said after a long-drawn bruising legal battle against the government’s ambitious project — the world’s largest biometric ID database. Source: Internet

Bhattacharya’s analysis is important because it tries to explain the Left’s decline in the state as the result of a long-drawn process rather than the fallout of individual decisions or events. Source: Internet

Philosophy needn’t be cloaked in big words and long-drawn arguments, right? Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

long-distance train long-distance walk long-dotted line long-drawn-out long-eared bat long-eared flying mouse