protractedly

English

Etymology

From protracted +‎ -ly.

Adjective

protractedly (comparative more protractedly, superlative most protractedly)

1. In a protracted manner
   • 2007 January 4, Andrew Adam Newman, “Catch the Next Chapter on Your iPod (It’s Even Cheaper)”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     (Book ads increasingly include “Also available as an audiobook,” which audio publishers, protractedly battling the belief that listeners are readers’ intellectual inferiors, consider a breakthrough.)

Synonyms

• abidingly, at length, enduringly; see also Thesaurus:lastingly