Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

not long

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.76 in modern English

Syllables: not -long
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see not, long.

adv

Fairly recently.

British usage

Example Sentences

""How long have you been in the service?" ―"Not long.""
""[…] You ought to try one of these biscuits. They're good." "I've not long had breakfast," Morgan told him."
"So I'd be going along to Elam Church sometimes and they had to go to a spring to get their water for the church; the spring was less'n a quarter of a mile from the church, good spring of water. And I'd be there, maybe not long got there, or I'd be there a pretty good while before I'd see her."

Usage

British usage

Phrases

not long for

Frequently Paired Words

not long for

Questions

What does not long mean?: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see not, long.

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