dayslong

English

Etymology

days +‎ -long

Adjective

dayslong (not comparable)

1. Lasting several or many days.
   • 2015 August 21, Julie Turkewitz, “Thousands Stop to Smell a Flower (and Hope Not to Gag)”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     When the flower’s skirt began to unfurl on Tuesday night, it was the end of a dayslong vigil followed throughout the city via a live-video feed called the StinkyCam.

Synonyms

• multiday

Coordinate terms

• agelong
• ageslong
• centurieslong
• centurylong
• daylong
• decadelong
• decadeslong
• hourlong
• hourslong
• millennialong
• millenniumlong
• minutelong
• minuteslong
• monthlong
• monthslong
• multidecade
• multihour
• multimonth
• multiweek
• secondlong
• secondslong
• weeklong
• weekslong
• yearlong
• yearslong

 

Related terms

• day after day
• (idioms) all day, all the livelong day, as the day is long, for days