Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Excessively long.
- adverb For too long.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- Too long.
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- adjective
too long
Etymologies
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Examples
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The second and more cunning trap is excess – in overlong description and to a larger extent, worldview.
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He conceded it was "overlong" and "drags to a lacklustre showdown" but said Ritchie's version of Victorian London's famous detective deserved a sequel.
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He conceded it was "overlong" and "drags to a lacklustre showdown" but said Ritchie's version of Victorian London's famous detective deserved a sequel.
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Mostly it was overlong and shockingly chintzy — homophobic, too.
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Despite some overlong and self-indulgent sequences (such as the Japanese nightclub scene), the ambitious multi-country scope is handled well with several noteworthy performances.
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Act II was made even more tedious by an overlong interpolated scene and song, full of diva in-jokes, for Sylvia McNair as the Duchess of Crackentorp.
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While overlong and talky, the film does explore an angle not usually covered in films of this ilk.
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This set also has a respectful (if overlong and obsequious) tribute to Mel Blanc.
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Despite some overlong and self-indulgent sequences (such as the Japanese nightclub scene), the ambitious multi-country scope is handled well with several noteworthy performances.
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Mostly it was overlong and shockingly chintzy — homophobic, too.
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