Livelong
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Livelong is an adjective meaning Total, complete, whole.
Meaning
Total, complete, whole.
More Meanings
- Orpine (Hylotelephium telephium syn. Sedum telephium).
- (obsolete) Lasting; durable.
Example Sentences
I've been working on the railroad, all the livelong day.
Thou, in our wonder and astonishment, Thou hast built thyself a live-long monument.
How dreary to be somebody! / How public, like a frog / To tell your name the livelong day / To an admiring bog!
[…] so they might spend the livelong day as befitteth high holiday, in pleasure and action without care, and thereafter revel in the lofty presence chamber till night grew old with eating and drinking and all delight.
Word Forms
- live-long
- livelongs
Synonyms for livelong
Depending on context, synonyms include whole, orpine, live-forever, orpin.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include whole, orpin, orpine, live-forever, lifelong, full.
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