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
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
"But there's nothing beautiful about longness," persisted Mollie.
From The Happy Adventurers by Lydia Miller Middleton
The longness or shortness of a syllable another.
From A Handbook of the English Language by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham
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
