overlong

Definition

Too long; overly long.

Etymology

From over- + long.

Example Sentences

• "O, hold me not with silence over-long!"
• "As the Island Mindanao lies very convenient for Trade, so considering its distance, the way thither may not be over long and tiresome."
• "Many of the adults had been little apes during his boyhood. He had frolicked and played about this very jungle with them during their brief childhood. He wondered if they would remember him—the memory of some apes is not overlong, and two years may be an eternity to them."