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
It represents a company of trained bands, about thirty figures, whole-length, among which the Spanish Ambassador is introduced shaking hands with one of the principal figures.
From The Standard Galleries - Holland by Esther Singleton
Each inter-mullion contains one whole-length figure, standing upon a diapered ground, good in design, though the artist seems to have avoided the employment of brilliant hues.
From Account of a Tour in Normandy, Volume 1 by Dawson Turner
The figure, which was whole-length, and of the size of life, was painted; and might be of the fourteenth century.
From A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three by Thomas Frognall Dibdin
What chiefly attracted the public notice, however, was the whole-length portrait which he painted of his friend and patron Admiral Keppel.
From Six Centuries of Painting by Randall Davies
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