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
The Knight is a true Hero, a good, great and wise man; his whole-length portrait on horseback, as written by Chaucer, cannot be surpassed.
From English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century by Jones, Edmund David
At the upper end are two rude whole-length figures, in stone, several yards above the ground, recently discovered by Mr. Heath, under the thick clusters of ivy.
From The Wye and Its Associations a picturesque ramble by Ritchie, Leitch
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 Singleton, Esther
The picture we give of her is from a whole-length by Gavin Hamilton, a Scotch artist, a friend of Burns, born in Lanark about 1730.
From Some Old Time Beauties After Portraits by the English Masters, with Embellishment and Comment by Willing, Thomson
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