lengthy reply

collocation in English

meaningsoflengthyandreply

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lengthy
adjective
uk
/ˈleŋ.θi/us
/ˈleŋ.θi/
continuing for a ...
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reply
noun[C or U]
uk
/rɪˈplaɪ/us
/rɪˈplaɪ/
an ...
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(Definition oflengthyandreplyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Surely that would not require alengthyreply.
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We have had alengthyreplyand many of us will want to study it because it was given at a fair old pace.
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Perhaps that is the result of a very lengthy question and its equallylengthyreply.
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I am most grateful to my noble friend for hislengthyreply.
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I have given a fairlylengthyreplyto the amendments.
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It is alengthyreply, but it does not give us the cash.
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One of the perils of grouping together a large number of new clauses is that they call for alengthyreply.
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The first five questions are introductory, the sixth provokes alengthyreplythat forms the bulk of the tract.
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Defendants were often berated during the examination and never allowed to respond with any sort oflengthyreply.
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I think practically the same may be said of the necessarily lengthy replies which were made.
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So far he has made two fairly lengthy replies on this question.
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