protracted
/pɹoʊˈtɹæk.tɪd/ adjective C1- Lasting for a long time or longer than expected or usual. · a protracted and bitter dispute
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Chandler protracted his walk until the Forties began to intersect the great and glittering primrose way, for the evening was yet young, and when one is of the _beau monde_ only one day in seventy, one loves to protract the pleasure.
The major recovered himself, and resumed his usual calm manner, at the same time casting his eyes down, either to give himself time to compose his countenance, or to assist his imagination, all the while giving an under-look at the count, the protracted smile on whose lips still announced the same polite curiosity.
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