extended
relatively long in duration; tediously protracted
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,604 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 6,434 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- relatively long in duration; tediously protracted also: drawn-out, lengthy, prolonged, protracted a drawn-out argumentan extended discussion
- fully extended or stretched forth an extended telescopehis extended legs reached almost across the small room
- drawn out or made longer spatially also: elongated, lengthened, prolonged Picasso's elongated Don Quixotelengthened skirts are fashionable this year
- beyond the literal or primary sense `hot off the press' shows an extended sense of `hot'
- large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity also: extensive an extensive Roman settlement in northwest Englandextended farm lands
extended in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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The gentleman thus addressed extended a hand.
The Purchase Price · Emerson Hough · Chapter 1
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With cheeks extended they blew into these with gusto.
The Eternal Maiden · T. Everett (Thomas Everett) Harré · Chapter 1
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The trip can be extended, and the route changed, by unanimous vote of the passengers.
The Innocents Abroad — Volume 01 · Mark Twain · Chapter 1
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Blair took the extended favor, glanced once more about the room, and stumbled toward the exit.
Ben Blair The Story of a Plainsman · Will Lillibridge · Chapter 1
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And then they came to a white roadway that extended due west, and so were done with the woods.
Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice · James Branch Cabell · Chapter 1