Meaning and origin of the word long

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Definition of long:

part of speech: verb

To desire earnestly: to have an eager appetite.
part of speech: adjective

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

Not short; drawn out in length or time; continued, as in time or sound; extending far in space or prospect.
part of speech: adverb

LONGINGLY.
part of speech: verb

To desire or wish for earnestly; to wish for eagerly.
part of speech: adverb

To a great length or extent; not for a short time; throughout, as all his life long.
part of speech: adverb

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

Common misspellings:

li (0.2%)
lont (1.7%)
loong (5.1%)
logg (0.2%)
loung (0.7%)
ong (14.1%)
laong (1.0%)
lons (0.5%)
lonmg (1.0%)
loing (5.1%)
logn (4.6%)
alot (0.5%)
loke (0.2%)
lan (0.2%)
lonf (3.2%)
lnog (1.7%)
lng (8.7%)
loug (0.5%)
lang (1.5%)
lon (13.8%)
longe (7.8%)
lond (10.9%)
wlong (0.2%)
slong (1.0%)
liong (1.2%)
longa (0.5%)
lomng (2.4%)
lonhg (0.5%)
longly (0.2%)
jong (0.2%)
llong (1.9%)
mong (0.5%)
kong (0.5%)
lonng (0.5%)
lomg (5.1%)
l0ng (1.0%)
lonbg (0.5%)
lonq (0.5%)

How long have you been without food? "Colorado Jim" – George Goodchild
How long have you been there? "Daisy Burns (Volume 2)" – Julia Kavanagh
You did stay a long time. "Rico And Wiseli Rico And Stineli, And How Wiseli Was Provided For" – Johanna Spyri
I long to go back. "A Little Girl in Old Quebec" – Amanda Millie Douglas