Lingering and Ongoing

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Lingering noun - The act of tarrying.

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Ongoing and lingering are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ongoing" instead an adjective "Lingering".

Nearby Words: linger, lingered, lingerer

Ongoing adjective - Being in progress or development.

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Lingering and ongoing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Lingering" instead an adjective "Ongoing".

This is in part because their storytelling makes a mockery of chronology and in part because they are both adaptations of ongoing light novels (though the extra episodes clear up some lingering questions).

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