Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter L - Page 47
Loneliness (n.) 孤獨，寂寞；人跡罕至 [U] The condition of being lonely; solitude; seclusion.
Loneliness (n.) The state of being unfrequented by human beings; as, the loneliness of a road.
Loneliness (n.) Love of retirement; disposition to solitude.
I see The mystery of your loneliness. -- Shak.
Loneliness (n.) A feeling of depression resulting from being alone.
Syn: Solitude; seclusion. See Solitude.
Loneliness (n.) The state of being alone in solitary isolation [syn: loneliness, solitariness].
Loneliness (n.) Sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned [syn: forlornness, loneliness, desolation]
Loneliness (n.) A disposition toward being alone [syn: aloneness,
loneliness, lonesomeness, solitariness]
Loneliness (n.) [ U ] 孤獨，孤寂，寂寞 (C1) The state of being lonely.
Lonely (a.) 孤獨的，單獨的；寂寞的，孤寂的；偏僻的，人跡罕至的 Sequestered from company or neighbors; solitary; retired; as, a lonely situation; a lonely cell.
Compare: Sequestered
Sequestered (a.) 僻靜的；隱蔽的；孤獨的；隱退的；Sequester的動詞過去式、過去分詞 (Of a place) Isolated and hidden away.
‘A wild sequestered spot.’
Lonely (a.) Alone, or in want of company; forsaken.
To the misled and lonely traveler. -- Milton.
Lonely (a.) Not frequented by human beings; as, a lonely wood.
Lonely (a.) Having a feeling of depression or sadness resulting from the consciousness of being alone; lonesome.
I am very often alone. I don't mean I am lonely. -- H. James.
Syn: Solitary; lone; lonesome; retired; unfrequented; sequestered; secluded.
Lonely (a.) Lacking companions or companionship; "he was alone when we met him"; "she is alone much of the time"; "the lone skier on the mountain"; "a lonely fisherman stood on a tuft of gravel"; "a lonely soul"; "a solitary traveler" [syn: alone(p), lone(a), lonely(a), solitary].
Lonely (a.) Marked by dejection from being alone; "felt sad and lonely"; "the loneliest night of the week"; "lonesome when her husband is away"; "spent a lonesome hour in the bar" [syn: lonely, lonesome]
Lonely (a.) Characterized by or preferring solitude; "a lone wolf"; "a lonely existence"; "a man of a solitary disposition"; "a solitary walk" [syn: lone(a), lonely(a), solitary].
Lonely (a.) Devoid of creatures; "a lonely crossroads"; "a solitary retreat"; "a trail leading to an unfrequented lake" [syn:
lonely, solitary, unfrequented].
Loneness (n.) 幽靜；孤苦 Solitude; seclusion. [Obs.] -- Donne.
Compare: Solitude
Solitude (n.) [Mass noun] 孤獨；寂寞；隱居 [U]；冷僻（處）；荒涼（之地） [C] [U] The state or situation of being alone.
‘She savoured her few hours of freedom and solitude.’
Solitude (n.) A lonely or uninhabited place.
‘The battle to preserve beloved solitudes flared up all over the country.’
Compare: Seclusion
Seclusion (n.) [Mass noun] 隔絕；孤立；隱居；隱退 [U]；隱蔽的地方，僻靜之地 [C] The state of being private and away from other people.
‘They enjoyed ten days of peace and seclusion.’
Seclusion (n.) [Archaic ] [Count noun ] A sheltered or private place.
Lonesome (a.) 寂寞的；孤單的；人跡稀少的，荒涼的；想念的，思念的 [F] [（+for）] Secluded from society; not frequented by human beings; solitary.
Like one that on a lonesome road Doth walk in fear and dread.-- Coleridge.
Lonesome (a.) Conscious of, and somewhat depressed by, solitude; as, to feel lonesome. -- Lone"some*ly, adv. -- Lone"some*ness, n.
Lonesome (a.) Being the only one; single and isolated from others; "the lone doctor in the entire county"; "a lonesome pine"; "an only child"; "the sole heir"; "the sole example"; "a solitary instance of cowardice"; "a solitary speck in the. sky" [syn: lone(a), lonesome(a), only(a), sole(a), solitary(a)].
Lonesome (a.) Marked by dejection from being alone; "felt sad and lonely"; "the loneliest night of the week"; "lonesome when her husband is away"; "spent a lonesome hour in the bar" [syn: lonely, lonesome].
Lonesome (n.) 【口】自己，本人 [U] Self.
// Sat all by his lonesome.
Long (a.) Drawn out in a line, or in the direction of length; protracted; extended; as, a long line; -- opposed to short, and distinguished from broad or wide.
Long (a.) Drawn out or extended in time; continued through a considerable tine, or to a great length; as, a long series of events; a long debate; a long drama; a long history; a long book.
Long (a.) Slow in passing; causing weariness by length or duration; lingering; as, long hours of watching.
Long (a.) Occurring or coming after an extended interval; distant in time; far away.
The we may us reserve both fresh and strong Against the tournament, which is not long. -- Spenser.
Long (a.) Having a length of the specified measure; of a specified length; as, a span long; a yard long; a mile long, that is, extended to the measure of a mile, etc.
Long (a.) Far-reaching; extensive. " Long views." -- Burke.
Long (a.) (Phonetics) Prolonged, or relatively more prolonged, in utterance; -- said of vowels and syllables. See Short, a., 13, and Guide to Pronunciation, [sect] [sect] 22, 30.
Long (a.) (Finance & Com.) Having a supply of stocks or goods; prepared for, or depending for a profit upon, advance in prices; as, long of cotton. Hence, the phrases: to be, or go, long of the market, to be on the long side of the market, to hold products or securities for a rise in price, esp. when bought on a margin. Contrasted to short.
Note: Long is used as a prefix in a large number of compound adjectives which are mostly of obvious meaning; as, long-armed, long-beaked, long-haired, long-horned, long-necked, long-sleeved, long-tailed, long- worded, etc.
In the long run, In the whole course of things taken together; in the ultimate result; eventually.
Long+clam+(Zool.), +the+common+clam+({Mya+arenaria"> Long clam (Zool.), the common clam ({Mya arenaria) of the Northern United States and Canada; -- called also soft-shell clam and long-neck clam. See Mya.
Long cloth, A kind of cotton cloth of superior quality.
Long clothes, Clothes worn by a young infant, extending below the feet.
Long covid (n.) [U] A condition in which people who have had the covid-19 virus continue to have symptoms and feel unwell for a long time.
“Long covid” is a term being used to describe illness in people who have either recovered from covid-19 but still report lasting effects of the infection or have had the usual symptoms for far longer than would be expected.
Long division. (Math.) See Division.
Long dozen, One more than a dozen; thirteen.
Long home, The grave.
Long measure, Long meter. See under Measure, Meter.
Long Parliament (Eng. Hist.), The Parliament which assembled Nov. 3, 1640, and was dissolved by Cromwell, April 20, 1653.
Long price, The full retail price.
Long purple (Bot.), A plant with purple flowers, supposed to be the Orchis mascula. -- Dr. Prior.
Long suit (Whist), A suit of which one holds originally more than three cards. -- R. A. Proctor.
Long suit One's most important resource or source of strength; as, as an entertainer, her voice was her long suit.
Long tom. A pivot gun of great length and range, on the dock of a vessel.
Long tom A long trough for washing auriferous earth. [Western U.S.]
Long tom (Zool.) The long-tailed titmouse.
Long wall (Coal Mining), A working in which the whole seam is removed and the roof allowed to fall in, as the work progresses, except where passages are needed.
Of long, A long time. [Obs.] -- Fairfax.
To be long of the market, or To go long of the market, To be on the long side of the market, etc. (Stock Exchange), to hold stock for a rise in price, or to have a contract under which one can demand stock on or before a certain day at a stipulated price; -- opposed to short in such phrases as, to be short of stock, to sell short, etc. [Cant] See Short.
To have a long head, To have a farseeing or sagacious mind.
Long (adv.) To a great extent in apace; as, a long drawn out line.
Long (adv.) To a great extent in time; during a long time.
They that tarry long at the wine. -- Prov. xxiii. 30.
When the trumpet soundeth long. -- Ex. xix. 13.
Long (adv.) At a point of duration far distant, either prior or posterior; as, not long before; not long after; long before the foundation of Rome; long after the Conquest.
Long (adv.) Through the whole extent or duration.
The bird of dawning singeth all night long. -- Shak.
Long (adv.) Through an extent of time, more or less; -- only in question; as, how long will you be gone?
Long (n.) (Mus.) A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve.
Long (n.) (Phonetics) A long sound, syllable, or vowel.
Long (n.) The longest dimension; the greatest extent; -- in the phrase, the long and the short of it, that is, the sum and substance of it. -- Addison.
Long (prep.) By means of; by the fault of; because of. [Obs.] See Along of, under 3d Along.
Longed (imp. & p. p.) of Long
Longing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Long
Long (v. i.) To feel a strong or morbid desire or craving; to wish for something with eagerness; -- followed by an infinitive, or by for or after.
I long to see you. -- Rom. i. 11.
I have longed after thy precepts. -- Ps. cxix. 40.
I have longed for thy salvation. -- Ps. cxix. 174.
Nicomedes, longing for herrings, was supplied with fresh ones . . . at a great distance from the sea. -- Arbuthnot.
Long (v. i.) To belong; -- used with to, unto, or for. [Obs.]
The labor which that longeth unto me. -- Chaucer.
Long (adv.) For an extended time or at a distant time; "a promotion long overdue"; "something long hoped for"; "his name has long been forgotten"; "talked all night long"; "how long will you be gone?"; "arrived long before he was expected"; "it is long after your bedtime".
Long (adv.) For an extended distance.
Long (a.) Primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified; "a long life"; "a long boring speech"; "a long time"; "a long friendship"; "a long game"; "long ago"; "an hour long" [ant: short].
Long (a.) Primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified; "a long road"; "a long distance"; "contained many long words"; "ten miles long" [ant: short].
Long (a.) Of relatively great height; "a race of long gaunt men"- Sherwood Anderson; "looked out the long French windows".
Long (a.) Good at remembering; "a retentive mind"; "tenacious memory" [syn: retentive, recollective, long, tenacious] [ant: forgetful, short, unretentive].
Long (a.) Holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices; "is long on coffee"; "a long position in gold" [ant: short].
Long (a.) (Of speech sounds or syllables) Of relatively long duration; "the English vowel sounds in `bate', `beat', `bite', `boat', `boot' are long" [ant: short].
Long (a.) Involving substantial risk; "long odds".
Long (a.) Planning prudently for the future; "large goals that required farsighted policies"; "took a long view of the geopolitical issues" [syn: farseeing, farsighted, foresighted, foresightful, prospicient, long, longsighted].
Long (a.) Having or being more than normal or necessary:"long on brains"; "in long supply".
Long (v.) Desire strongly or persistently [syn: hanker, long, yearn].
Long -- U.S. County in Georgia
Population (2000): 10304
Housing Units (2000): 4232
Land area (2000): 400.919002 sq. miles (1038.375404 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 2.574807 sq. miles (6.668719 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 403.493809 sq. miles (1045.044123 sq. km)
Located within: Georgia (GA), FIPS 13
Location: 31.764099 N, 81.763179 W
Headwords:
Long
Long, GA
Long County
Long County, GA
Long, OK -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Oklahoma
Population (2000): 363
Housing Units (2000): 140
Land area (2000): 7.647521 sq. miles (19.806988 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 7.647521 sq. miles (19.806988 sq. km)
FIPS code: 43900
Located within: Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location: 35.499104 N, 94.563038 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Long, OK
Long
Longan (n.) (Bot.) A pulpy fruit related to the litchi, and produced by an longanberry+ ({Nephelium+Longan" > evergreen East Indian longanberry ({Nephelium Longan).
Longanberry (n.) A tree ({Dimocarpus longan) of Southeastern Asia to Australia grown primarily for its sweet translucent-fleshed edible fruit (the longan) resembling litchi nuts; -- it is sometimes placed in genera Euphoria or Nephelium.
Syn: longan, lungen, Dimocarpus longan, Euphoria litchi, Nephelium longana.
Longanberry (n.) Asian fruit similar to litchi.
Syn: Dragon's eye.
Longan (n.) Tree of southeastern Asia to Australia grown primarily for its sweet edible fruit resembling litchi nuts; sometimes placed in genera Euphorbia or Nephelium [syn: longan, lungen, longanberry, Dimocarpus longan, Euphorbia litchi, Nephelium longana]
Longanimity (n.) （對傷痛，橫逆）處之泰然 Disposition to bear injuries patiently; forbearance; patience. --Jer. Taylor.
Longanimity (n.) Good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence [syn: patience, forbearance, longanimity] [ant: impatience].
Longanimity (n.) The disposition to endure injury with meek forbearance while maturing a plan of revenge.
Long-armed (a.) Having long arms; as, the long-armed ape or gibbon.
Long-armed (a.) Having relatively long arms.
Longbeak (n.) (Zool.) The American redbellied snipe (Macrorhamphus scolopaceus); -- called also long-billed dowitcher.
Longboat (n.) (Naut.) Formerly, the largest boat carried by a merchant vessel, corresponding to the launch of a naval vessel.
Longboat (n.) The largest boat carried by a merchant sailing vessel.
Longbow (n.) The ordinary bow, not mounted on a stock; -- so called in distinction from the crossbow when both were used as weapons of war. Also, sometimes, such a bow of about the height of a man, as distinguished from a much shorter one.
To draw the longbow, To tell large stories.
Longbow (n.) A powerful wooden bow drawn by hand; usually 5-6 feet long; used in medieval England.
Long-breathed (a.) Having the power of retaining the breath for a long time; long-winded.
Long-drawn (a.) Extended to a great length.
Syn: long-drawn-out.
The cicadae hushed their long-drawn, ear-splitting strains. -- G. W. Cable.
Longe (n.) A thrust. See Lunge. -- Smollett.
Longe (n.) The training ground for a horse. -- Farrow.
Longe (n.) (Zool.) Same as 4th Lunge.
Longer (n.) One who longs for anything.
Longer (adv.) For more time; "can I stay bit longer?"
Longer (n.) A person with a strong desire for something; "a longer for money"; "a thirster after blood"; "a yearner for knowledge" [syn: longer, thirster, yearner].
Longeval (a.) Long-loved; longevous. [R.] -- Pope.
Longevity (n.) [U] 長命，長壽；壽命 Long duration of life; length of life.
The instances of longevity are chiefly amongst the abstemious. -- Arbuthnot.
Longevity (n.) Duration of service; "her longevity as a star"; "had unusual longevity in the company" [syn: longevity, length of service].
Longevity (n.) The property of being long-lived [syn: longevity, seniority].
Longevity (n.) Uncommon extension of the fear of death.
Longevous (a.) Living a long time; of great age. -- Sir T. Browne.
Longhand (n.) The written characters used in the common method of writing; -- opposed to shorthand ; as, took it down in longhand.
Longheaded (a.) Having unusual foresight or sagacity.
Longheaded (a.) having a relatively long head with a cephalic index of under 75. Opposite of brachycephalic.
Syn: dolichocephalic, dolichocranal, dolichocranic. -- Long"-head`ed*ness, n.
Longhorn (n.) (Zool.) A long-horned animal, as a cow, goat, or beetle. See Long-horned.
Longhorn (n.) The Texas longhorn.
Longhorn (n.) Long-horned beef cattle formerly common in southwestern United States [syn: longhorn, Texas longhorn].
Long-horned (a.) (Zool.) [Obs.] Having a long horn or horns; as, a long-horned goat, or cow; having long antennae, as certain beetles ({Longicornia).
Longicorn (a.) (Zool.) Long-horned; pertaining to the Longicornia.
Longicorn (n.) One of the Longicornia.
Longicorn (n.) Long-bodied beetle having very long antennae [syn: long-horned beetle, longicorn, longicorn beetle].
Longicornia (n. pl.) (Zool.) A division of beetles, including a large number of species, in which the antennae are very long. Most of them, while in the larval state, bore into the wood or beneath the bark of trees, and some species are very destructive to fruit and shade trees. See Apple borer, under Apple, and Locust beetle, under Locust.
Longilateral (a.) Having long sides especially, having the form of a long parallelogram.
Nineveh . . . was of a longilateral figure, ninety-five furlongs broad, and a hundred and fifty long. -- Sir T. Browne.
Longiloquence (n.) Long-windedness.
American longiloquence in oratory. -- Fitzed. Hall.
Longimanous (a.) Having long hands. -- Sir T. Browne.
Longimetry (n.) The art or practice of measuring distances or lengths. -- Cheyne.
Longing (n.) An eager desire; a craving; a morbid appetite; an earnest wish; an aspiration.
Put on my crown; I have immortal longings in me. -- Shak.
Longing (n.) Prolonged unfulfilled desire or need [syn: longing, yearning, hungriness].
Longingly (adv.) With longing. -- Dryden.
Longingly (adv.) In a yearning manner; "he spent the rest of the act gazing longingly over my right shoulder at the illuminated word `Exit'" [syn: longingly, yearningly].
Longinquity (n.) Greatness of distance; remoteness. [R.] -- Barrow.
Longipalp (n.) (Zool.) One of a tribe of beetles, having long maxillary palpi.
Longipennate (a.) (Zool.) Having long wings, or quills.
Longipennes (n. pl.) (Zool.) A group of longwinged sea birds, including the gulls, petrels, etc.
Longipennine (a.) (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Longipennes; longipennate.
Longirostres (n. pl. ) of Longiroster.
Longirosters (n. pl. ) of Longiroster.
Longiroster (n.) (Zool.) One of the Longirostres.
Longirostral (a.) (Zool.) Having a long bill; of or pertaining to the Longirostres.
Longirostres (n. pl.) A group of birds characterized by having long slender bills, as the sandpipers, curlews, and ibises. It is now regarded as an artificial division.
Longish (a.) Somewhat long; moderately long.
Longitude (n.) 經度 [U] [C] Length; measure or distance along the longest line; -- distinguished from breadth or thickness; as, the longitude of a room; rare now, except in a humorous sense. -- Sir H. Wotton.
The longitude of their cloaks. -- Sir. W. Scott.
Mine [shadow] spindling into longitude immense. -- Cowper.
Longitude (n.) (Geog.) The arc or portion of the equator intersected between the meridian of a given place and the meridian of some other place from which longitude is reckoned, as from Greenwich, England, or sometimes from the capital of a country, as from Washington or Paris. The longitude of a place is expressed either in degrees or in time; as, that of New York is 74 [deg] or 4 h. 56 min. west of Greenwich.
Longitude (n.) (Astron.) The distance in degrees, reckoned from the vernal equinox, on the ecliptic, to a circle at right angles to the ecliptic passing through the heavenly body whose longitude is designated; as, the longitude of Capella is 79 [deg].
Geocentric longitude (Astron.), The longitude of a heavenly body as seen from the earth.
Heliocentric longitude, The longitude of a heavenly body, as seen from the sun's center.
Longitude stars, Certain stars whose position is known, and the data in regard to which are used in observations for finding the longitude, as by lunar distances.
Longitude (n.) The angular distance between a point on any meridian and the prime meridian at Greenwich.
Longitudinal (a.) 長度的；縱的；經度的，經線的 Of or pertaining to longitude or length; as, longitudinal distance.
Longitudinal (a.) Extending in length; in the direction of the length; running lengthwise, as distinguished from transverse; as, the longitudinal diameter of a body. -- Cheyne.
Longitudinal (n.) A railway sleeper lying parallel with the rail.
Longitudinal (a.) Of or relating to lines of longitude; "longitudinal reckoning by the navigator".
Longitudinal (a.) Running lengthwise; "a thin longitudinal strip"; "longitudinal measurements of the hull".
Longitudinal (a.) Over an extended time; "a longitudinal study of twins".
Longitudinally (adv.) 經度上；經向；長度上；縱向 In the direction of length.
Longitudinally (adv.) Across time; "We studied the development of the children longitudinally".
Longitudinally (adv.) In the direction of the length; "He cut the paper lengthwise" [syn: lengthways, lengthwise, longwise, longways, longitudinally].
Longitudinally (adv.) With respect to longitude; "longitudinally measured".
Longlegs (n.) A daddy longlegs.
Long-lived (a.) Having a long life; having constitutional peculiarities which make long life probable; lasting long; as, a long-lived tree; they are a longlived family; long-lived prejudices.
Longly (adv.) With longing desire.
Longly (adv.) For a long time; hence, wearisomely.
Longmynd rocks (n. pl.) (Geol.) The sparingly fossiliferous conglomerates, grits, schists, and states of Great Britain, which lie at the base of the Cambrian system; -- so called, because typically developed in the Longmynd Hills, Shropshire.
Longness (n.) Length.
Longnose (n.) 長嘴硬鱗魚 The European garfish.
Compare: Garfish
Garfish (n.) 長嘴硬鱗魚 The garfish, for example, is quite ancient. This slender fish is equipped with beak-like jaws, is incredibly long, and has a mouth lined with sharp teeth. Native to the Baltic, Mediterranean, Caribbean, and even in some parts of the Atlantic seas, the garfish has long been a treat for the avid seafood eater. These fish remain close to shore, which makes them easy to catch for the recreational fisher. Strangely enough, this fish derives from what scientists to believe to be a land animal, due to the characteristics that the fish possesses. Anciently similar to a land mouse, the garfish is anything but gross in that aspect. Known as the sea noodle, this creature certainly fills the bellies of many
Long primer (n.) 十磅因 [點] 鉛字 A kind of type, in size between small pica and bourgeois.
Compare: Small pica
Small pica (n.) 十一磅因 [點] 鉛字 An old size of type between long primer and pica and approximately 11 point.
Compare: Bourgeois
Bourgeois (n.) (Formerly) 九磅因 [點] 鉛字 A size of printer's type approximately equal to 9 point.
Compare: Bourgeois
Bourgeois (a.) (Disapproving) 中産階級的；追求物質享受的；世俗的 Belonging to or typical of the middle class (= a social group between the rich and the poor) especially in supporting existing customs and values, or in having a strong interest in money and possessions.
// It's a bit bourgeois, isn't it, joining a golf club?
Long-range (a.) [ Before noun ] 長遠的，長期的；遠端的 Made for a long period of time that will last into the future.
// A long-range weather forecast.
Longshanks (n.) The stilt.
Longshore (a.) Belonging to the seashore or a seaport; along and on the shore.
Longshoremen (n. pl. ) of Longshoreman
Longshoreman (n.) One of a class of laborers employed about the wharves of a seaport, especially in loading and unloading vessels.
Long-sight (n.) Long-sightedness.
Long-sighted (a.) Able to see objects at a great distance; hence, having great foresight; sagacious; farseeing.
Long-sighted (a.) Able to see objects distinctly at a distance, but not close at hand; hypermetropic.
Long-sightedness (n.) The state or condition of being long-sighted; hence, sagacity; shrewdness.
Long-sightedness (n.) See Hypermetropia.
Longsome (a.) 寂寞的；孤單的；人跡稀少的，荒涼的；想念的，思念的 [F] [（+for）] Extended in length; tiresome. [Obs.] -- Bp. Hall. -- Prior. -- Long"some*ness, n. [Obs.] -- Fuller.
Longsome (a.) Tediously long.
Longsome [In British English] (a.) [Archaic] Lengthy, slow, and tedious.
Longsomely (adv.) [In British English] [Archaic] Lengthily, slowly, and tediously.
Longsomeness (n.) [In British English] [Archaic] Tiresome lengthiness.
Compare: Tediously
Tediously (adv.) 沉悶地；長而乏味地 See tedious
‘The defense is very tediously going through their evidence.’
Compare: Tedious
Tedious (a.) 冗長乏味的；使人厭煩的 Too long, slow, or dull; tiresome or monotonous.
‘A tedious journey.’
Longspun (a.) Spun out, or extended, to great length; hence, long-winded; tedious.
Longspur (n.) Any one of several species of fringilline birds of the genus Calcarius (or Plectrophanes), and allied genera. The Lapland longspur (C. Lapponicus), the chestnut-colored longspur (C. ornatus), and other species, inhabit the United States.
Long-standing (a.) 長時期的 Existing since a time in the distant past; as, long-standing policies. [prenominal].
Syn: longtime (prenominal).
Longstanding (a.) Having existed for a long time; "a longstanding friendship"; "the longstanding conflict".
Long-stop (n.) One who is set to stop balls which pass the wicket keeper.
Long-sufferance (n.) Forbearance to punish or resent.
Long-sufferance (n.) Patient endurance of pain or unhappiness.
Syn: long-suffering.
Long-sufferance (n.) Patient endurance of pain or unhappiness [syn: long-sufferance, long-suffering].
Long-suffering (n.) 忍耐；堅忍 Bearing injuries or provocation for a long time; patient; not easily provoked.
Syn: long-sufferance.
The Lord God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth. -- Ex. xxxiv. 6.