Meanings
- not comparableWhich lasts an hour, or approximately so.
He leaves the house at 8:22 a.m. every day for the hourlong bus ride, but after he comes home, "that's when his real day starts," said his mom, fifty-three.
2018, Katherine Reynolds Lewis, The Good News About Bad Behavior: Why Kids Are Less Disciplined Than Ever — And What to Do About It, page 261 more example
The band’s hourlong set inspired arcs of flying bodies; before it was another excellent performance by a sludgy and curious punk band with another unpublishable name, this one from Allentown, Pa.
2009 January 22, Ben Ratliff, “Chords of Fame? These Bands Never Heard of Them”, in New York Times - not comparableOf or relating to an hourlong period of time.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivelasting for an hour
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hourlong. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hourlong
“hourlong.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hourlong. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hourlong,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hourlong.
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