overlong
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1VERB + OVERLONG
need, think
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adj
Too long; overly long.
O, hold me not with silence over-long!
As the Island Mindanao lies very convenient for Trade, so considering its distance, the way thither may not be over long and tiresome.
adv
Too long, for an excessively long time.
[…] she casteth the rest into the fire, and there withall sodainely flings herselfe into it: Which is no sooner done, but the people cast great store of Faggots and Billets vpon hir, lest she should languish over-long […]
[…] his wandering restless glance lingered over-long even on his girl cousin, so that his pretty sharp-voiced wife recalled him with a little sneer she slipped sidewise into something else she said.
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6O, hold me not with silence over-long!
WiktionaryAs the Island Mindanao lies very convenient for Trade, so considering its distance, the way thither may not be over long and tiresome.
WiktionaryMany of the adults had been little apes during his boyhood. He had frolicked and played about this very jungle with them during their brief childhood. He wondered if they would remember him—the memory
Wiktionary[…] she casteth the rest into the fire, and there withall sodainely flings herselfe into it: Which is no sooner done, but the people cast great store of Faggots and Billets vpon hir, lest she should l
Wiktionary[…] his wandering restless glance lingered over-long even on his girl cousin, so that his pretty sharp-voiced wife recalled him with a little sneer she slipped sidewise into something else she said.
WiktionaryHe does not need to think overlong to know what the right thing is.
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