long
adjective
having considerable linear extent in space.
longness
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a word derived from
long.
Example Sentences
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The longness or shortness of a vowel is one thing.
From A Handbook of the English Language by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham
"But there's nothing beautiful about longness," persisted Mollie.
From The Happy Adventurers by Lydia Miller Middleton
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
The V-shaped arrangement, either in cut or trimmings, apparently increases her "longness and leanness."
From What Dress Makes of Us by Dorothy Quigley
Her face, as I have said, was long and thin, but it was the longness and thinness of growing youth.
From Castle Richmond by Anthony Trollope
