Delete text in EditText while holding down Delete key using a custom TextWatcher

I'm using a custom TextWatcher in an EditText widget, and this makes it impossible to use both the onscreen dictionary and continuously deleting text while holding down the text key on the 开发者_开发技巧virtual keyboard.

I don't care about the dictionary, but I'd really like being able to just hold down the delete key to delete large bits of text. It works just fine without the TextWatcher.

Any ideas?