AT LENGTH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does at length mean? 

• AT LENGTH (adverb)
  The adverb AT LENGTH has 1 sense:

1. in a lengthy or prolix manner

  Familiarity information: AT LENGTH used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AT LENGTH (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a lengthy or prolix manner

Synonyms:

at length; lengthily

Context example:

she talked at length about the problem

 Context examples 

At length, however, she sat up and looked about her.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

At length, after much consideration, the cat said: I know no place where it will be better stored up than in the church, for no one dares take anything away from there.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

At length he ventured to take me behind, by the middle, between his fore-finger and thumb, and brought me within three yards of his eyes, that he might behold my shape more perfectly.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

He spoke at length, and his conclusion was greeted with a wild roar of cheers.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

At length he stammered out:—"You see, I do not know how to pick out any particular part of the diary."

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

At length her eyes were lifted up to mine, and she stood on tiptoe to give me, more thoughtfully than usual, that precious little kiss—once, twice, three times—and went out of the room.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Their lodgings were not long a secret, and at length they began to know the officers themselves.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

At length we saw the numerous steeples of London, St. Paul’s towering above all, and the Tower famed in English history.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

At length I was clear of my dangerous neighbour, and just as I gave the last impulsion, my hands came across a light cord that was trailing overboard across the stern bulwarks.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

At length, however, he did look towards her, and he bowed—but such a bow!

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)