livelong
3
9.9
- adjective
- /ˈlɪvˌlɔŋ/
- Archaic
:
todo el día
- She sang her favorite song all the livelong day while working in the garden.
- livelong day
Examples
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Who wants to work a livelong day anyway?
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So, I feel like the eyes of Texas are upon me all the livelong day.
Fiction book (1996) -
Working all the livelong day
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The livelong night and day.
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He fought there the livelong day.
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Goes about the livelong day like a beagle in search of his nose.
Fiction book (1991) -
The livelong day has passed in spreading his seat on the floor; but the lamp has not been lit, and I cannot ask him into my house.
Blog text (26) -
How public, like a frog To tell one's name the livelong day To an admiring bog!
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We 've been working on the railroad All the livelong day We 've been working on the railroad Just to pass the time away -
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♪ I've been working on the railroad ♪ All the livelong day ♪ I've been working on the railroad ♪ Just to pass the time away ♪
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Etymology
Livelong is simply the words live and long put together, meaning 'for the whole time'. So when someone says 'the livelong day' they mean the entire day from morning to night.