"dayslong" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From days + -long. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|days|long}} days + -long Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} dayslong (not comparable)
  1. Lasting several or many days. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Day, Time Synonyms: multiday Related terms: day after day, all the livelong day, as the day is long, for days Related terms (idioms): all day

Alternative forms

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        {
          "word": "ageslong"
        },
        {
          "word": "centurieslong"
        },
        {
          "word": "centurylong"
        },
        {
          "word": "daylong"
        },
        {
          "word": "decadelong"
        },
        {
          "word": "decadeslong"
        },
        {
          "word": "hourlong"
        },
        {
          "word": "hourslong"
        },
        {
          "word": "millennialong"
        },
        {
          "word": "millenniumlong"
        },
        {
          "word": "minutelong"
        },
        {
          "word": "minuteslong"
        },
        {
          "word": "monthlong"
        },
        {
          "word": "monthslong"
        },
        {
          "word": "multidecade"
        },
        {
          "word": "multihour"
        },
        {
          "word": "multimonth"
        },
        {
          "word": "multiweek"
        },
        {
          "word": "secondlong"
        },
        {
          "word": "secondslong"
        },
        {
          "word": "weeklong"
        },
        {
          "word": "weekslong"
        },
        {
          "word": "yearlong"
        },
        {
          "word": "yearslong"
        }
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        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: daylong"
        },
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          "ref": "2015 August 21, Julie Turkewitz, “Thousands Stop to Smell a Flower (and Hope Not to Gag)”, in New York Times:",
          "text": "When the flower’s skirt began to unfurl on Tuesday night, it was the end of a dayslong vigil followed throughout the city via a live-video feed called the StinkyCam.",
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        "Lasting several or many days."
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        },
        {
          "word": "all the livelong day"
        },
        {
          "word": "as the day is long"
        },
        {
          "word": "for days"
        },
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          "word": "all day"
        }
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      "word": "daylong"
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    {
      "word": "decadelong"
    },
    {
      "word": "decadeslong"
    },
    {
      "word": "hourlong"
    },
    {
      "word": "hourslong"
    },
    {
      "word": "millennialong"
    },
    {
      "word": "millenniumlong"
    },
    {
      "word": "minutelong"
    },
    {
      "word": "minuteslong"
    },
    {
      "word": "monthlong"
    },
    {
      "word": "monthslong"
    },
    {
      "word": "multidecade"
    },
    {
      "word": "multihour"
    },
    {
      "word": "multimonth"
    },
    {
      "word": "multiweek"
    },
    {
      "word": "secondlong"
    },
    {
      "word": "secondslong"
    },
    {
      "word": "weeklong"
    },
    {
      "word": "weekslong"
    },
    {
      "word": "yearlong"
    },
    {
      "word": "yearslong"
    }
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      },
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      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "day after day"
    },
    {
      "sense": "idioms",
      "word": "all day"
    },
    {
      "word": "all the livelong day"
    },
    {
      "word": "as the day is long"
    },
    {
      "word": "for days"
    }
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        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: daylong"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015 August 21, Julie Turkewitz, “Thousands Stop to Smell a Flower (and Hope Not to Gag)”, in New York Times:",
          "text": "When the flower’s skirt began to unfurl on Tuesday night, it was the end of a dayslong vigil followed throughout the city via a live-video feed called the StinkyCam.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Lasting several or many days."
      ],
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          "day"
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        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "multiday"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dayslong"
}

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