not long

ADJECTIVE

short

Synonyms

STRONGEST

low small thick tiny

STRONG

compact diminutive little petite pocket slight squat stunted wee

WEAK

chunky close to the ground pint-sized pocket-sized runty sawed-off skimpy squatty stocky stubby thickset undersized

Antonyms

STRONGEST

big enormous huge large

STRONG

tall

WEAK

enough high lengthy long

Example Sentences

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not long

It was Abbott who, not long ago, called his state the "epicenter of AI development."

From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026

Yet by late 2024 — not long after she’d dropped an LP, “What Now,” inspired in part by a divorce — the singer had started thinking about the Shakes again.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

Horton last year, but unwound that not long after.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026

One of the eye-catching fixtures on Wednesday, played in Monkstown not long after the Crusaders game finished, was Liverpool's debut in the Super Cup against Norwegian side IL Heming.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

Molly had come up with it not long after she started auditioning.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny