long-ago
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4.8
- adjective
- /lɔŋ əˈɡoʊ/
- For the first time since that long-ago day, the dwarves were there again, waiting.
Examples
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A small amount of our contemporary money supply can be traced to that long-ago process.
Academic text (2012) -
Some will write it off as long-ago history, but the reality is that resistance will always continue to exist.
Academic text (2017) -
Father brought back something from a long-ago business trip to Europe.
Fiction book (1997) -
The kids' heights have been marked on the wall on some long-ago holiday.
Fiction book (1993) -
Her name is Caitlin, and when I woke up on that long-ago day... I was two months pregnant with her.
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She's my daughter, and when I woke up on that long-ago day, she was two months grown in my belly.
Fiction book (1996) -
At Crozet High, she had worn a fuzzy red sweater one long-ago October day.
Fiction book (1993) -
There were a number of sweaters with beads sewn in, from long-ago days, and a few sweatshirts.
Fiction book (1997) -
Dublin's Post Office is still scarred by Ireland's long-ago Easter Rebellion, but no scars are visible here.
Fiction book (2001) -
That long-ago day was filled with joy and laughter, a time we often reminisce about.
Synonyms
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1.0
A thing that has existed for a long time and is not new
∞
1.0
From an earlier time, not happening now
∞
3.4
Very old and from a long time ago
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2.9
Far away in time, long before now or far in the future
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9.6
From a time long ago when life was different
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8.0
From an earlier time that is now past
From earlier times and no longer used to talk about people or things
Antonyms
How Long Ago
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Long-ago comes from two simple words: long meaning 'a long time' and ago meaning 'before now'. So long-ago describes something that happened 'a long time before now'.