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LONG AGO
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of the distant or comparatively distant past
Example:
lang syne
Synonyms:
lang syne; long ago; long since
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Context examples:
Not too long ago, I had a friendly eclipse close to my birthday that pointed to changes in my home or family.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
And it was all done long ago; it was work performed, I tell you, when you spat upon me as the dirt under your feet.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
And this is the story of Keesh, who lived long ago on the rim of the polar sea.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
You know, sister, we agreed long ago never to mention a word about it.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
And how long ago may it be that your mother died?
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
If it were war now, he would have settled it long ago.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
The authors interpret the data as evidence that these deposits were formed by heated water from a volcanically active part of the planet's crust entering the bottom of a large sea long ago.
(Mars Study Yields Clues to Possible Cradle of Life, NASA)
That process long ago transformed wetter, warmer ancient Mars into today's arid, frozen planet.
(Dust Storms Linked to Gas Escape from Mars Atmosphere, NASA)
Jane caught a bad cold, poor thing! so long ago as the 7th of November, (as I am going to read to you,) and has never been well since.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
“But that was long ago,” she continued.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
