Long

Definition of long:

part of speech: adverb

To a great extent in space or time: through the whole: all along.

part of speech: verb

To desire earnestly: to have an eager appetite.

part of speech: adjective

Through much space or time.

part of speech: adverb

LONGINGLY.

part of speech: adjective

( comp. LONGER; superl. LONGEST) Extended: not short: extended in time: slow in coming: tedious: farreaching.

part of speech: verb

To desire earnestly.

part of speech: adjective

Not short; covering a great distance from end to end; extended in time; having a definite measure in space or time; as, a yard long; drawn out or continued to a great extent; slow; tedious.

part of speech: verb

To desire something eagerly; with for or after.

part of speech: adverb

To a great length or period; at a time for distant; for a length of time.

part of speech: adjective

Extended; protracted; tedious.

Usage examples for long:

• My dear, she said, you have been a long time coming. "In Luck at Last", Walter Besant.

• You shall know all about it, my dear child, before very long "Grandmother Elsie", Martha Finley.

• Yes; quite a long one. "Ashton-Kirk, Criminologist", John T. McIntyre.

• Don't take too long "Whispering Wires", Henry Leverage.