longsomely, adv.
(ˈlɒŋsəmlɪ)
[f. prec. + -ly2. OE. langsuml{iacu}ce (Sweet).]
† For long; † tardily; lengthily and tediously.
| 1456 Sir G. Haye Law of Arms (S.T.S.) 301 That thai may nocht endure the weris langsumly. c 1610 Sir J. Melvil Mem. (1683) 155 As he was making his preparations too longsomly and slowly in Dundie. 1834 Q. Rev. L. 527 [They] expatiate so ‘longsomely’ on corn, currency, or corporations, that [etc.]. |