daylong

[dey-lawng, -long]

adjective

1. during the entire day; lasting all day.

   a daylong trip.

daylong

/ ˈdeɪˌlɒŋ /

adjective

1. lasting the entire day; all day

Word History and Origins

Origin of daylong¹

First recorded in 1850–55; day + long ¹

Example Sentences

He has played Santa for years at various locations in Southern California, including Riverside’s Mission Inn, but his daylong volunteer stint as Altadena’s Christmas Tree Lane Santa is dearest to his heart.

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The museum will host a daylong event this weekend featuring artists from the Red Hot organization’s recent ‘Transa’ compilation.

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Israeli military and police detained Ballal on Monday evening after a group of settlers descended on the Palestinian village of Susiya as its residents broke their daylong Ramadan fast, according to the Associated Press.

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One of them, on July 12, is a daylong retreat in the forest in Topanga.

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Smith, who runs a social media firm in Los Angeles, had been working particularly hard of late, so she treated herself to a daylong stay-cation with family at a Beverly Hills hotel.

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