(lông'ə-gō', lŏng'-)
adj.
Of, related to, or occurring in the past: a long-ago espionage trial.
| Dictionary: long-a·go |
| Idioms: long ago |
A time well before the present, the distant past. For example, I read that book long ago, or The battles of long ago were just as fierce. [Second half of 1300s]
| WordNet: long-ago |
The adjective has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
belonging to time long gone
| Shopping: long-ago |
| lately | |
| yore | |
| langsyne |
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