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View synonyms for livelong

livelong

[ liv-lawng, -long ]

adjective

  1. (of time) whole or entire, especially when tediously long, slow in passing, etc.:

    We picked apples the livelong day.



livelong

/ ˈlɪvˌlɒŋ /

adjective

  1. (of time) long or seemingly long, esp in a tedious way (esp in the phrase all the livelong day )
  2. whole; entire
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. another name for orpine
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of livelong1

1350–1400; alteration (by association with live 1 ) of earlier leeve long, Middle English leve longe dear long. See lief, long 1
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Example Sentences

How dreary to be somebody / How public, like a frog / To tell your name the livelong day / To an admiring bog.

“Do you know we have been together the whole livelong day, Robert—since early this morning?” she said at parting.

She will stay in that bed the livelong day.

Suffice it to say that it doesn’t exactly boost morale to be greeted by an endless string of indignant, agonised, horror-movie-outtake variations on “How did you get this number?” all the livelong day.

Phil is livelong, including a stint as a principal guest conductor in the 1980s.

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