l.l.

¹

abbreviation for

1. in the place quoted.

l.l.

²

abbreviation for

1. loose-leaf.

'll

³

1. a contraction of will:

   I'll answer the phone. He'll pay the check. What'll we do?

2. contraction of till 1 ( used when the preceding word ends in t ):

   Wait'll your father comes home!

LL

⁴

or L.L.

abbreviation for

1. Late Latin ( def ).
2. Low Latin ( def ).

ll.

⁵

abbreviation for

1. lines.

ll.

¹

abbreviation for

1. lines (of written matter)

LL

²

abbreviation for

1. Late Latin
2. Low Latin
3. Lord Lieutenant

Usage Note

See contraction.

Word History and Origins

Origin of l.l.¹

From Latin locō laudātō

Example Sentences

After that, they agreed that LL would warn Foxx before striking him again.

From The Daily Beast

This version, one of the best yet, included hits from LL Cool J, Run DMC, the Beastie Boys, Outkast, Drake, Kanye West, and more.

From The Daily Beast

“[A]ll the ideas concepts recommendations were Marks so he should simply own it outright,” she tweeted at the time.

From The Daily Beast

Just before summer began, Brad Paisley and LL Cool J arrived to cure racism.

From The Daily Beast

He was said to have relieved LL Cool J of a gold rope chain in the parking lot of a White Castle.

From The Daily Beast

Joseph Towers died; a printer, bookseller, and afterwards a preacher with the title of LL.

From Project Gutenberg

He remarked, very acutely, that Chaucer translates the F. bouton by the word knoppe; see ll.

From Project Gutenberg

But the names, even in the F. text, are not exactly the same as in a former passage; see ll.

From Project Gutenberg

I take iowell (with a bar through the ll) to be the usual (Northern) contraction for Iowellis, jewels; F. text, joiau, pl.

From Project Gutenberg

As these lines are not in the original, the writer may have taken them from Chaucer's Hous of Fame, ll.

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