Protracted

a.

1.

Prolonged; continued. Protracted meeting a religious meeting continued for many successive days.

Adj.

1.

protracted - relatively long in duration; tediously protracted; "a drawn-out argument"; "an extended discussion"; "a lengthy visit from her mother-in-law"; "a prolonged and bitter struggle"; "protracted negotiations" Synonyms: drawn-out, extended, lengthy, prolonged

de longue haleine, dragged out, dragging, drawn, drawn out, drawn-out, elongated, endless, everlasting, extended, filled out, interminable, languishing, lasting, lengthened, lengthy, lingering, long, long-continuing, long-drawn, long-drawn-out, long-pending, long-spun, long-winded, longiloquent, longsome, marathon, never-ending, overlong, padded, prolix, prolongated, prolonged, pulled, spun out, spun-out, straggling, strained, stretched, stretched out, stretched-out, strung out, talkative, taut, tense, tight, unrelenting, verbose, windy, wordy