adv. [f. prec. + -LY2. OE. langsumlíce (Sweet).] † For long; † tardily; lengthily and tediously.

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1456.  Sir G. Haye, Law Arms (S.T.S.), 301. That thai may nocht endure the weris langsumly.

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c. 1610.  Sir J. Melvil, Mem. (1683), 155. As he was making his preparations too longsomly and slowly in Dundie.

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1834.  Q. Rev., L. 527. [They] expatiate so ‘longsomely’ on corn, currency, or corporations, that [etc.].

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