hourlong

American  

[ouuhr-lawng, -long, ou-er-] / ˈaʊərˌlɔŋ, -ˌlɒŋ, ˈaʊ ər- /

Or hour-long

adjective

1. lasting an hour.

   an hourlong interview.

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hourlong British  

/ ˈaʊəˌlɒŋ /

adjective

1. lasting an hour

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Etymology

Origin of hourlong

First recorded in 1795–1805; hour + long ¹

Example Sentences

I slouch in my seat; he, for almost the whole hourlong conversation, sits on the edge of his.

From The Wall Street Journal

Ecstatic, he made the nearly hourlong drive with a family member only to discover that the car had been stripped for parts.

From Los Angeles Times

Jackson jumps into her gray Nissan Quest minivan that families call the “bus,” shifting into her hourlong driver role.

From Los Angeles Times

With his new hourlong solo piece for JACCC, however, Stone has an opportunity to put both worlds together.

From Los Angeles Times

But such is your fate when you mean so much to a language, a nation, a theater and generations of readers, whose motivations are, quite wisely, articulated during Act 1 of this hourlong program.

From The Wall Street Journal