The Collaborative International Dictionary
Protractedly
Protracted \Pro*tract`ed\, a. Prolonged; continued.
Protracted meeting,a religious meeting continued for many successive days. [U. S.] [1913 Webster] -- Pro*tract"ed*ly, adv. -- Pro*tract"ed*ness, n.
Wiktionary
protractedly
a. In a protracted manner
WordNet
protractedly
adv. in a slow, leisurely or prolonged way; "her voice was swift, yet ever the last words fell lingeringly" -Rossetti [syn: lingeringly]
Usage examples of "protractedly".
Pen'kov was trudging behind her, and, judging by all signs, was sighing, melancholically and protractedly.