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at lengthat length1. In great detail. I studied American modernism in college, so I can speak about Eliot's poetry at length. 2. For a long period of time. My father always lectures me at length about the dangers of living in the city. 3. Finally. At length, the sermon ended. See also: length Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. at length 1. after some time; finally. At length, the roses bloomed, and the tomatoes ripened. And at length, the wizard spoke. 2. and at some length for quite a long time. He spoke to us about the problem at some length. He described the history of his village at length. See also: length McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. at length1. In full, extensively. For example, The preacher went on at length about sin, or I have read at length about these cameras. [c. 1500] 2. After a long time, finally, as in At length the procession ended. [Early 1500s] Also see in the long run. See also: length The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. at ˈlength
1 (literary) after a long time: ‘I’m not sure,’ he said at length.
2 in great detail and taking a long time: She talked at length about her work in hospitals.See also: length Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary at length1. After some time; eventually: At length we arrived at our destination. 2. For a considerable time; fully: spoke at length about the court ruling. See also: length American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. See also:- detail for
- detail for (something)
- spoken word
- the spoken/written word
- down to the last detail
- with broad strokes
- something of a
- something of a (something)
- something of a something
- not with a bang but with a whimper
References in classic literature At length, however, I took courage, and did not hesitate to step firmly; endeavoring to cross in as direct a line as possible. For many seconds I hearkened to its reverberations as it dashed against the sides of the chasm in its descent; at length there was a sullen plunge into water, succeeded by loud echoes. Pit and the Pendulum At length the King, recovering from his astonishment at recognising the brother who had been lost some years before, exclaimed, 'Yes, you are indeed my brother, and now that I have found you, take the throne to which I have no longer a right.' So saying, he respectfully kissed the Prince's hand. Yellow Fairy Book At length, one of the men, more exhausted than the rest, threw himself upon the grass, and declared he could go no further. Adventures of Captain Bonneville USA in the Rocky Mountains and Disease crept over both mind and body, he was tortured by pain, and when at length the pain left him he sank into torpor. English Literature For Boys And Girls I succeeded so well in this endeavor that, in a few days, the creature bestowed upon me various tokens of his favor, and in the end even went to the trouble of teaching me the rudiments of what it was vain enough to denominate its language; so that, at length, I was enabled to converse with it readily, and came to make it comprehend the ardent desire I had of seeing the world. "'The beast,' continued Sinbad to the caliph, 'swam, as I have related, up hill and down hill until, at length, we arrived at an island, many hundreds of miles in circumference, but which, nevertheless, had been built in the middle of the sea by a colony of little things like caterpillars'" Thousand and Second Tale of Scheherezade For two days the wind was contrary, and the vessel was detained in their neighborhood; at length a favorable breeze sprang up, and in a little while the rich groves, green hills, and snowy peaks of those happy islands one after another sank from sight, or melted into the blue distance, and the Tonquin ploughed her course towards the sterner regions of the Pacific. At length she got into seven fathoms water, and the wind lulling, and the night coming on, cast anchor. Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountain |