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at length en · ADP

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • [æʔ ˈlɛŋθ] (General-American)

Meanings

  1. For a long time; extensively.
    • He went on at great/long length about his supposed qualifications.
  2. (dated, formal) At last, finally, eventually.
    • How long I slept I cannot tell, for I had nothing to guide me to the time, but woke at length, and found myself still in darkness. 1898, J. Meade Falkner, chapter 4, in Moonfleet:
    • ‘You got rather left there, old chap,’ said Monk at length. 1903, P. G. Wodehouse, A Prefect's Uncle, A & C Black:
    • At length, the two schemes were amalgamated to form the Manchester & Birmingham, which was to pass through the Potteries and join the Grand Junction at Chebsey, a few miles north of Stafford. 1957 September 14, M. D. Greville and G. O. Holt, “Railway Development in Manchester—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 617:
    • Through all these she persistently pursued the object of her mission. Her search lasted for long weary years—she followed it unweariedly, till at length she was rewarded. 1861, E. J. Guerin, Mountain Charley, page 26:
    • Mr Cripps, who had meanwhile been submitting certain bottles to a close scrutiny against the light, at length uttered an exclamation of triumph and put a bottle on the table. 1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 7:
    • She led us through the tunnels for some time, until at length we reached a small door in the rock.
  3. (archaic) In full; without omission or abbreviation.
    • The proceedings of Congress are not given, since they are inserted at length in the "Congressional Globe;" but the principal bills are noticed under the date of their passage. 1800, Francis Vincent, United States Register, page 4:

Synonyms

sooner or later · protractedly · ultimately · duratively · at last · fully · abidingly · whole cloth · entirely

Translations (84)

fi lopulta (finally) · eo longe (for a long time) · es al fin (finally) · pl w końcu (finally) · nl ellelang (for a long time) · hu hosszadalmasan (for a long time) · eo laŭlonge (for a long time) · tr en nihayetinde (finally) · eo detale (''(archaic in English)'' in full; without omission or abbreviation) · de ausgiebig (for a long time) · ru по́лностью (''(archaic in English)'' in full; without omission or abbreviation) · hu végre (finally) · fi pitkään (for a long time) · fi kokonaan (''(archaic in English)'' in full; without omission or abbreviation) · cmn 總算 /总算 (finally) · ru до́лго (for a long time) · ru в конце́ концо́в (finally) · de ellenlang (for a long time) · cmn 終於 /终于 (finally) · ar بِإِسْهَاب (for a long time) · ru подро́бно (''(archaic in English)'' in full; without omission or abbreviation) · ar بِالتَّفْصِيل (for a long time) · de zuletzt (finally) · chr ᏂᎦᏅᎯᏒ (for a long time) · hy մանրամասնորեն (for a long time) · es extensamente (for a long time) · ja 遂に (finally) · ga i ndeireadh na dála (finally) · pt por fim (finally) · nl lang (for a long time) · ja やっと (finally) · es largo y tendido (for a long time) · de endlich (finally) · fr enfin (finally) · es detalladamente (''(archaic in English)'' in full; without omission or abbreviation) · ru дли́тельно (for a long time) · pl długo (for a long time) · ru без сокраще́ний (''(archaic in English)'' in full; without omission or abbreviation) · vi dài dòng (for a long time) · de am Ende (finally) · cmn 詳細 /详细 (for a long time) · de sehr lange (for a long time) · ru наконе́ц-то! (finally) · ru продолжи́тельно (for a long time) · es largo tiempo (for a long time) · cmn 完整無缺 /完整无缺 (''(archaic in English)'' in full; without omission or abbreviation) · tr uzun uzadıya (for a long time) · ar أَخِيرًا (finally) · pt finalmente (finally) · de langatmig (for a long time) · de zu guter Letzt (finally) · hu részletesen (for a long time) · ru простра́нно (''(archaic in English)'' in full; without omission or abbreviation) · es largamente (for a long time) · ru многосло́вно (''(archaic in English)'' in full; without omission or abbreviation) · ja 詳しく (for a long time) · ru наконе́ц (finally) · sv länge (for a long time) · eo finfine (finally) · ru дли́тельное вре́мя (for a long time) · hu alaposan (for a long time) · hu hosszasan (for a long time) · la tandem (finally) · hy հանգամանորեն (for a long time) · eo plene (''(archaic in English)'' in full; without omission or abbreviation) · ru дета́льно (''(archaic in English)'' in full; without omission or abbreviation) · hy վերջապես (finally) · fi koko pituudeltaan (''(archaic in English)'' in full; without omission or abbreviation) · fr longuement (for a long time) · hu terjengősen (for a long time) · es largo rato (for a long time) · hu végül (finally) · de ausführlich (''(archaic in English)'' in full; without omission or abbreviation) · it a lungo (for a long time) · pt extensamente (for a long time) · eo fine (finally) · tr detaylıca (for a long time) · de in voller Länge (''(archaic in English)'' in full; without omission or abbreviation) · pl w pełni (''(archaic in English)'' in full; without omission or abbreviation) · ru со все́ми дета́лями (''(archaic in English)'' in full; without omission or abbreviation) · de schließlich (finally) · ru обстоя́тельно (''(archaic in English)'' in full; without omission or abbreviation) · pt longo (for a long time) · ru во всех подро́бностях (''(archaic in English)'' in full; without omission or abbreviation)