longness
Example Sentences
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You see, the shortness or longness of them makes the difference in the notes, and the distance between gives the time.
From A Terrible Tomboy by Angela Brazil
And the longness or shortness of a vowel or syllable is said to be its quantity.
From A Handbook of the English Language by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham
"But there's nothing beautiful about longness," persisted Mollie.
From The Happy Adventurers by Lydia Miller Middleton
This letter is of too great longness already.
From Seven Maids of Far Cathay by Ed. Bing Ding
The longness or shortness of a syllable another.
From A Handbook of the English Language by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham
