adjective
- too long in duration or extent
adverb
- for too long a time
Examples
- The meeting was overlong and everyone grew restless.
- His overlong speech bored the audience.
- The movie felt overlong at three hours.
- She stayed overlong at the party and missed her train.
- The professor’s overlong explanation confused the students.
- Don’t linger overlong on difficult questions during the test.