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daylong

American  
[dey-lawng, -long] / ˈdeɪˌlɔŋ, -ˌlɒŋ /

adjective

  1. during the entire day; lasting all day.

    a daylong trip.


daylong British  
/ ˈdeɪˌlɒŋ /

adjective

  1. lasting the entire day; all day

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of daylong

First recorded in 1850–55; day + long 1

Example Sentences

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It also came after sunrise, just as practicing Muslims began the daylong fast during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 28, 2026

The 2026 Roundtable met on Jan. 5 in New York for a daylong discussion of the investment backdrop and the 11 panelists’ latest picks.

From Barron's Jan. 16, 2026

The description of some of the daylong symposium’s sessions should give one pause.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 29, 2024

Researchers analyzed a dataset of daylong audio recordings collected in English-learning infants' home environments at ages 6, 10, 14, 18 and 24 months.

From Science Daily May 30, 2024

He elaborated on it nine months later during a week of daylong interviews with me in Seoul.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden

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