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PROTRACTEDLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does protractedly mean?
• PROTRACTEDLY (adverb)
The adverb PROTRACTEDLY has 1 sense:
1. in a slow, leisurely or prolonged way
Familiarity information: PROTRACTEDLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a slow, leisurely or prolonged way
Synonyms:
lingeringly; protractedly
Context example:
her voice was swift, yet ever the last words fell lingeringly
Pertainym:
protracted (relatively long in duration; tediously protracted)
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