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live-long

live-long is the alternative spelling of livelong.

Meaning of livelong

Adjective

livelong

  1. Total, complete, whole.
    • I've been working on the railroad, all the livelong day.
  2. (obsolete) Lasting; durable.
    • Thou, in our wonder and astonishment, Thou hast built thyself a live-long monument.1630, John Milton, On Shakespeare

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Questions about live-long

What is live-long the alternative spelling of?
Live-long is the alternative spelling of livelong.

Words near live-long in the dictionary

  1. live-forever
  2. live-forevers
  3. live-in
  4. live-in son-in-law
  5. live-ins
  6. live-long
  7. live-oaker
  8. live-oakers
  9. live-out
  10. live-outs
  11. live-stock

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Adapted from Wiktionary: live-long (page history and authors); livelong (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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