Usually means: Excessively long, beyond necessary length.
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  1. overlong: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. overlong: Merriam-Webster
  3. overlong: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. overlong: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. overlong: Collins English Dictionary
  6. Overlong, overlong: Wordnik
  7. overlong: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. overlong: Wiktionary
  9. overlong: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. Overlong, overlong: Dictionary.com
  11. Overlong: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. overlong: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. Overlong: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. overlong: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  15. overlong: FreeDictionary.org
  16. overlong: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (overlong)

▸ adjective:  Too long.
▸ adverb:  Too long, for an excessively long time.

Similar:
overprotracted, lengthy, superlong, extralong, long-winded, overwordy, long-drawn, overprolix, overextensive, longsome, more...

Opposite:
short, concise, brief, succinct, compact

Types:
protracted, extended, prolonged, lengthy, elaborate, more...

Phrases:
overlong vowel, more...

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Similar:
overprotracted, lengthy, superlong, extralong, long-winded, overwordy, long-drawn, overprolix, overextensive, longsome, more...

Opposite:
short, concise, brief, succinct, compact

Types:
protracted, extended, prolonged, lengthy, elaborate, more...

Phrases:
overlong vowel, more...



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