longtime
adverb
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L194129 on Wikidata ↗adjective
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L338186 on Wikidata ↗Wiktionary
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree English long Proto-Indo-European *deh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ Proto-Indo-European *dh₂i-mon- Proto-Germanic *tīmô Proto-West Germanic *tīmō Old English tīma Middle English tyme English time English longtime From long + time.
- Having endured for a long period of time.
“My longtime friend, since birth actually, called and gently broke the bad news to me.”
“longtime favorite”
adv
Etymology: Etymology tree English long Proto-Indo-European *deh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ Proto-Indo-European *dh₂i-mon- Proto-Germanic *tīmô Proto-West Germanic *tīmō Old English tīma Middle English tyme English time English longtime From long + time.
- Having been for a long time
“longtime married”