continuative vs long-drawn-out

continuative

adj

  • durative. 

  • Of or pertaining to continuation. 

noun

  • a durative. 

  • Something that causes a continuation. 

long-drawn-out

adj

  • Protracted, extending for a great period of time. 

How often have the words continuative and long-drawn-out occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )