whole-length
Americanadjective
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extended to or having its entire length; not shortened or abridged.
a whole-length report.
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portraying, reflecting, or accommodating the full length of the human figure.
a whole-length sofa; a whole-length portrait of the general.
noun
Etymology
Origin of whole-length
First recorded in 1730–40
Example Sentences
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It was to be a whole-length in water-colours, like Mr. John Knightley’s, and was destined, if she could please herself, to hold a very honourable station over the mantelpiece.
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
There is a small whole-length in the frontispiece of Vertumnus, a poem on that garden.
From Notes and Queries, Number 189, June 11, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George
The principal room on the ground-floor was a dining-room, the carved and gilt panels of which contained whole-length pictures.
From The Strand District The Fascination of London by Besant, Walter, Sir
The Emperor, wishing to have a whole-length portrait of himself, sent for the painter to place his easel in a room in the palace, and commenced sitting.
From A New Voyage Round the World in the Years 1823, 24, 25, and 26. Vol. 1 by Kotzebue, Otto von
Again, there is a whole-length showing her about to descend some steps to a lawn, her superb shoulders and neck bare, and her hair highly bedecked with feathers.
From Some Old Time Beauties After Portraits by the English Masters, with Embellishment and Comment by Willing, Thomson
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