hourslong

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hourslong

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From hours + -long.

adjective

alternative, not comparable Alternative spelling of hours-long (“Lasting for hours.”). Behind the nation's fighting men of today moved the still-jaunty fighting men of 1917 in an hourslong procession.
Similar: multihour

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adj lasting several hours

Deutsch	stundenlang
Русский	многочасовой mnogočasovoj

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@misc{hourslong_2026,
  title = {hourslong},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hourslong},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}