long
adjective
having considerable linear extent in space.
longness
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a word derived from
long.
Example Sentences
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And the longness or shortness of a vowel or syllable is said to be its quantity.
From A Handbook of the English Language by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham
His coat should be lengthened, as in sketch go, to cut off just as much of the longness of limb as can possibly be allowed without destroying artistic proportions.
From What Dress Makes of Us by Dorothy Quigley
This letter is of too great longness already.
From Seven Maids of Far Cathay by Ed. Bing Ding
Long faces of the form pictured by No. 12 exaggerate the longness and leanness of their faces by wearing their locks like looped curtains.
From What Dress Makes of Us by Dorothy Quigley
The longness or shortness of a syllable another.
From A Handbook of the English Language by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham
