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whole-length

whole-length adjective: depicting the whole figure.

Adjective

whole-length (not comparable)

  1. Depicting the whole figure.
    • A whole-length Picture of a Woman, by Van Dyck1693, A Catalogue of the Pictures in the Collection of Mr. Lanckrinck, Lately Deceased; […], London: […] [A]t Mr. Smith’s […] and at Mr. Basset’s […] and at Mr. Lanckrinck’s […], page 7
    • In the Great Gallery is a moſt admirable Ritratto of Cardinal Spada, a whole-length Figure, ſitting; by Guido.1730, Edward Wright, Some Observations Made in Travelling Through France, Italy, &c. in the Years 1720, 1721, and 1722, London: […] Tho. Ward and E. Wicksteed, […], page 299

Noun

whole-length (plural whole-lengths)

  1. A portrait or statue depicting the whole figure.

Forms of whole-length

pluralwhole-lengths

Questions about whole-length

What does whole-length mean?
Whole-length means depicting the whole figure.
What part of speech is whole-length?
Whole-length can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near whole-length in the dictionary

  1. whole-heartedly
  2. whole-heartedness
  3. whole-hogger
  4. whole-hoggers
  5. whole-hoggism
  6. whole-length
  7. whole-lengths
  8. whole-life
  9. whole-life order
  10. whole-life orders
  11. whole-meal bread

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