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longer-felt

longer-felt is the comparative form of long-felt.

Meaning of long-felt

Adjective

long-felt (comparative longer-felt, superlative longest-felt)

  1. (idiomatic) Of a problem, need, or desire, that has existed for a significant period of time without an adequate solution.
    • They always satisfy a long-felt want - on the part of the professors; and they seem to be "fillin'" to certain "aching voids" that gather in to fill the classes.1883, Ohio State Eclectic Medical Association, Worthington College (Ohio). Medical Department (contributor), The Eclectic Medical Journal, page 196

Questions about longer-felt

What is longer-felt the comparative form of?
Longer-felt is the comparative form of long-felt.

Words near longer-felt in the dictionary

  1. longer
  2. longer ago
  3. longer grain
  4. longer-acting
  5. longer-distance
  6. longer-felt
  7. longer-furred
  8. longer-grain
  9. longer-grained
  10. longer-haired
  11. longer-lasting

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