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livelong
[ liv-lawng, -long ]
adjective
- (of time) whole or entire, especially when tediously long, slow in passing, etc.:
We picked apples the livelong day.
livelong
/ ˈɪˌɒŋ /
adjective
- (of time) long or seemingly long, esp in a tedious way (esp in the phrase all the livelong day )
- whole; entire
noun
- another name for orpine
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How dreary to be somebody / How public, like a frog / To tell your name the livelong day / To an admiring bog.
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“Do you know we have been together the whole livelong day, Robert—since early this morning?” she said at parting.
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She will stay in that bed the livelong day.
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Suffice it to say that it doesn’t exactly boost morale to be greeted by an endless string of indignant, agonised, horror-movie-outtake variations on “How did you get this number?” all the livelong day.
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Phil is livelong, including a stint as a principal guest conductor in the 1980s.
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