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long-ago
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Princeton's WordNet
long-agoadverb
belonging to time long gone
"those long-ago dresses that swished along the floor"
long ago, long since, lang syneadverb
of the distant or comparatively distant past
"We met once long ago"; "they long ago forsook their nomadic life"; "left for work long ago"; "he has long since given up mountain climbing"; "This name has long since been forgotten"; "lang syne" is Scottish
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long-ago
Long-ago refers to a period of time in the past, often used to describe something that happened a significant number of years or decades ago. It indicates a distant past, sometimes beyond memory or detailed documentation.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of long-ago in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of long-ago in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of long-ago in a Sentence
Why would I? Not so long ago, a friend of mine passed away - according to the new rules, he would have still had four years to go until retirement.
Like Elizabeth Warren, I did the Pocahontas thing, i hit Elizabeth Warren really hard and it looked like Elizabeth Warren was down and out but that was too long ago, I should've waited. Don't worry, we will revive it.
Christina Rossetti, A Christmas Carol:
In the bleak midwinter Frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, Water like a stone; Snow had fallen, snow on snow, Snow on snow, In the bleak midwinter, Long ago.
Were it not for our efforts to spearhead the sanctions and foil Iran's nuclear program, Iran would have already had nuclear weapons long ago.
We know what the animals do, what are the needs of the beaver, the bear, the salmon, and other creatures, because long ago men married them and acquired this knowledge from their animal wives. Today the priests say we lie, but we know better.
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