Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a long face, literally or figuratively; rueful-looking; doleful in appearance; solemn.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective filled with or reflecting gloom.
- adjective having a face longer than the usual.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Displaying
sadness .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having a face longer than the usual
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Examples
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He is described as a long-faced, rather solemn-looking man, but he kept a fine journal.19
Nothing Like It in the World The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869 STEPHEN E. AMBROSE 2000
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He is described as a long-faced, rather solemn-looking man, but he kept a fine journal.19
Nothing Like It in the World The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869 STEPHEN E. AMBROSE 2000
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Eleven-year-old Grace Bedell of Upstate New York wrote to the long-faced, bare-chinned presidential candidate, "All the ladies like whiskers and they would tease their husbands to vote for you".
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: To Beard or Not to Beard, That Is the Question: Musings on the Fall of Matisyahu's Facial Locks and Other Natural Disasters Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2011
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The hand axe likely spread out of Africa in the hands of Homo erectus or a related early human species, long-faced fellows that were also thought the first species to master fire, far earlier than had been thought likely.
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I incline my head in acknowledgment of the somber, long-faced man, who does not take his gaze from me.
Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer Lucy Weston 2011
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Eleven-year-old Grace Bedell of Upstate New York wrote to the long-faced, bare-chinned presidential candidate, "All the ladies like whiskers and they would tease their husbands to vote for you".
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: To Beard or Not to Beard, That Is the Question: Musings on the Fall of Matisyahu's Facial Locks and Other Natural Disasters Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2011
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Aged and lean, long-faced, hollow-checked, with matted, sunburned hair that fell below the shoulders of his buckskin shirt, his face was distorted with hatred and helpless rage.
Chapter 13 2010
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Eleven-year-old Grace Bedell of Upstate New York wrote to the long-faced, bare-chinned presidential candidate, "All the ladies like whiskers and they would tease their husbands to vote for you".
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: To Beard or Not to Beard, That Is the Question: Musings on the Fall of Matisyahu's Facial Locks and Other Natural Disasters Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2011
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I like this idea a lot, despite the relative lack of resemblance between Maguire and the long-faced Fischer.
Who Needs Spider-Man? Tobey Maguire Eyeing Role as Chess Master Bobby Fischer | /Film 2010
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Eleven-year-old Grace Bedell of Upstate New York wrote to the long-faced, bare-chinned presidential candidate, "All the ladies like whiskers and they would tease their husbands to vote for you".
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: To Beard or Not to Beard, That Is the Question: Musings on the Fall of Matisyahu's Facial Locks and Other Natural Disasters Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2011
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