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half-long

American  
[haf-lawng, -long, hahf-] / ˈhæfˈlɔŋ, -ˈlɒŋ, ˈhɑf- /

adjective

Phonetics.
  1. (of a speech sound) of intermediate length; neither short nor fully long.


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Julio Urías only recently returned from a month and a half-long absence with a hamstring strain.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2023

The mile and a half-long hike takes him about 35 minutes.

From New York Times ● Dec. 29, 2021

The former documentary filmmaker has a puckish charm to him, more than a little Gallic—he was raised in Paris—with half-long hair and a wry sense of humor.

From Slate ● Oct. 11, 2013

She was given half-long skirts and French and English governesses: the French one, though she did not yet know it, as a preparation for sending her to a Paris convent.

From The Story of Louie by Oliver [pseud.] Onions

It gives the half-long fruit canes, which these varieties need to produce good crops.

From Manual of American Grape-Growing by U. P. Hedrick

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