Meaning : Relatively long in duration. Tediously protracted.
Example :
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, lengthy, prolonged, protracted
Meaning : Fully extended or stretched forth.
Example :
An extended telescope.
His extended legs reached almost across the small room.
Refused to accept the extended hand.
Meaning : Drawn out or made longer spatially.
Example :
Picasso's elongated Don Quixote.
Lengthened skirts are fashionable this year.
The extended airport runways can accommodate larger planes.
A prolonged black line across the page.
Synonyms : elongated, lengthened, prolonged
Meaning : Beyond the literal or primary sense.
Example :
`hot off the press' shows an extended sense of `hot'.
Meaning : Large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity.
Example :
An extensive Roman settlement in northwest England.
Extended farm lands.
Surgeons with extended experience.
They suffered extensive damage.
Synonyms : extensive