longness

Example Sentences

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Her face, as I have said, was long and thin, but it was the longness and thinness of growing youth.

From Castle Richmond by Trollope, Anthony

"But there's nothing beautiful about longness," persisted Mollie.

From The Happy Adventurers by Middleton, Lydia Miller

The longness or shortness of a vowel is one thing.

From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)

The longness or shortness of a syllable another.

From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)

His coat should be lengthened, as in sketch go, to cut off just as much of the longness of limb as can possibly be allowed without destroying artistic proportions.

From What Dress Makes of Us by Quigley, Dorothy