Both Uses of
protracted
in
The House of Mirth
- Lily, however, was not among them, and her absence served to protract the effect she had produced on Selden: it would have broken the spell to see her too soon in the surroundings from which accident had so happily detached her.†
Chpt 1.12 *
- The dinner had been protracted over Mr. Bry's exceptional cigars and a bewildering array of liqueurs, and many of the other tables were empty; but a sufficient number of diners still lingered to give relief to the leave-taking of Mrs. Bry's distinguished guests.†
Chpt 2.3
Definition:
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(protracted) relatively long in duration