No. 11,271 in Korean
길게
"길게" means "long" or "lengthily" in English.
In a sentence
회의는 보통 한 시간을 넘지 않습니다, 그러나 오늘은 길게 진행되었습니다.
The meeting usually does not exceed an hour, but today it went on for a long time.
길게 describes an action (the meeting) taking an unusually long duration.
그녀는 나무에 길게 늘어진 넝쿨을 바라보았다.
She looked at the vine stretched long along the tree.
길게 is used to describe the vine being long in dimension and appearance.
작곡가는 이 부분의 멜로디를 길게 끌어 표현했다.
The composer extended the melody in this part to express it longer.
길게 conveys the effect of elongating something, in this case, the melody for expressive purposes.
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