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Definition of lengthiness : The state or quality of being lengthy; prolixity.

Synonyms:

file name extension, continuation, continuance, law of continuation, good continuation, university extension, extension service, denotation, telephone extension, annex, reference, lengthening, propagation, annexe, protraction, extension, sequel, prolongation, perpetuation, extension phone, elongation, wing, filename extension

everlastingness, endurance, interminability, lastingness, perpetuity, durability

superfluity, talkativeness, bombast, endlessness, loquaciousness, chattiness, ponderousness, grandiloquence, excessiveness, verbosity, featherbedding, windiness, wordiness, verbalism

extensiveness, longness

Usage examples:

• The characteristic of the devotions is lengthiness. - "A Short History of the Book of Common Prayer", William Reed Huntington.
• But in his thin lengthiness there was nothing awkward- rather a graceful readiness and vigor. - "The Testing of Diana Mallory", Mrs. Humphry Ward.
• All this explained without lengthiness, with grace and clearness, he began to read the decree, as it has since been printed and circulated everywhere, some trifling alteration excepted. - "The Memoirs of Louis XIV., Volume 12 And His Court and of The Regency", Duc de Saint-Simon.