hourslong

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A form of hours-long — Lasting multiple hours

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adjectivehourslong (not comparable)
  1. alternativenot comparableAlternative spelling of hours-long (“Lasting for hours.”).

    Of course, not all veterans are scribbling away madly during those hourslong sessions.

    2009 August 22, Mike Berardino, “Players must also excel in the classroom”, in Sun Sentinel, archived from the original on 26 Aug 2009
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    Behind the nation's fighting men of today moved the still-jaunty fighting men of 1917 in an hourslong procession.

    1940 September 24, “Millions watch legion's parade”, in Spokane Daily Chronicle

    First-time heart attacks typically occur over a longer period of time, with a slow, sometimes hourslong buildup to the 911 call.

    2002 February, Peter Mehlman, “Anxiety is funny. Panic is hard”, in Esquire, volume 137, number 2, page 58

    He writes prose with a conversational tone suited for a bus driver talking with a lone passenger on an hourslong excursion.

    2009 August 13, John W. Barry, “Songwriter's sojourn in Woodstock was not the best of times”, in Deseret News, archived from the original on 28 Jun 2013

    As Eric Traub walked Ms. Squires around Cambridge, the two stopped for dinner and dived into an hourslong conversation about their life transitions, social justice, politics and the last decade of their lives.

    2009 August 21, Katie Zezima, “Leah Squires and Eric Traub”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022

    Synonyms: multihour

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Translations

Finnish tuntikausia kestävä
  • tuntikausia kestävälasting several hours
German stundenlang
  • stundenlanglasting several hours
Polish kilkugodzinny
  • kilkugodzinnylasting several hours
Russian многочасовой
  • многочасовой (mnogočasovoj)lasting several hours
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APA

hourslong. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hourslong

MLA

“hourslong.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hourslong. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hourslong,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hourslong.

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