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[ adverb ] for more time
Examples "can I stay bit longer?" Used in print (Schubert Ogden, Christ Without Myth....)But can we any longer afford the luxury of such smug indignation ? (S. Idell Pyle, et al., Onsets, Completions, and...)Third , the process of calcification is seen to begin later and to continue much longer for these boys than for the girls , a fact which confirms data for other groups of children . (Glayds H. Barr, The Master of Geneva....)Unless the confusion cleared , he would not be coming here much longer . (Whit Masterson, Evil Come, Evil Go....)He stalled for a half-hour longer , hoping to hear something from Vecchio about the ransom_money . Andy said , `` Well , I guess we can n't wait any longer . |
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[ adjective ] having the greater length of two or the greatest length of several
Synonyms Examples "the longer (or long) edge of the door" "the hypotenuse is the longest (or long) side of a right triangle" Used in print (Ralph J. Salisbury, "On the Old Santa Fe Trail...)Forced to realize that this was the end of a very short line I scanned a road marker and discovered what the end of a slightly longer line would be for the old Mexican : Moriarty , New_Mexico . Related terms |
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