Long-ago

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The distant past; the days of yore. uncountable

    "He cast his time into the long-ago, because already the long-ago had a special poetical attraction."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative form of long ago. alt-of, alternative, not-comparable

    "That optimistic baby had come on so like the private eye in any long-ago radio drama, believing all you needed was grit, resourcefulness, exemption from hidebound cops' rules, to solve any great mystery."

Adjective
  1. 1
    belonging to time long gone wordnet

Example

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"That optimistic baby had come on so like the private eye in any long-ago radio drama, believing all you needed was grit, resourcefulness, exemption from hidebound cops' rules, to solve any great mystery."

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