Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who longs or desires.
- noun Nautical, a water-cask of peculiar shape, formerly used for stowing next to the keelson; also, a row of such casks.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who longs for anything.
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- adjective
comparative form oflong : morelong - adverb
comparative form oflong : morelong - noun One who
longs oryearns for something.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person with a strong desire for something
- adverb for more time
Etymologies
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Examples
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Sir Asinus, no longer intending for Europe, but satisfied with Virginia; no _longer_ woful, but in passable good spirits; no longer melancholy, but surveying those around him with affectionate regard.
The Youth of Jefferson A Chronicle of College Scrapes at Williamsburg, in Virginia, A.D. 1764 Anonymous
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Under no circumstances can you afford an automobile or other loan for a term longer than 36 months.
MORE WEALTH WITHOUT RISK CHARLES J. GIVENS 1995
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Under no circumstances can you afford an automobile or other loan for a term longer than 36 months.
MORE WEALTH WITHOUT RISK CHARLES J. GIVENS 1995
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Angell agreed to the sentence and prosecutors agreed to drop a motion that would have asked the judge to sentence Angell to a term longer than called for under state sentencing guidelines.
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Tony Bennett, who first joined Columbia Records in 1950, has been signed to the label longer than any other recording artist in its history.
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Tony Bennett, who first joined Columbia Records in 1950, has been signed to the label longer than any other recording artist in its history.
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Nobody had a name longer than mine: General Bartholomew Scott Winslow Sheffield.
If There Be Thorns V.C Andrews 1981
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Nobody had a name longer than mine: General Bartholomew Scott Winslow Sheffield.
If There Be Thorns V.C Andrews 1981
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Nobody had a name longer than mine: General Bartholomew Scott Winslow Sheffield.
If There Be Thorns V.C Andrews 1981
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Nobody had a name longer than mine: General Bartholomew Scott Winslow Sheffield.
If There Be Thorns V.C Andrews 1981
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