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live·long  (lvlông, -lng)

adj.

Complete; whole: the livelong day.

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[Middle English : leve, lefe, dear, used as an intensive (from Old English lof, dear; see leubh- in Indo-European roots) + long, long; see long¹.]

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livelong [liv-long]

Adjective

Chiefly poetic long or seemingly long: all the livelong day

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	livelong - perennial northern temperate plant with toothed leaves and heads of small purplish-white flowers live-forever, orpin, orpine, Sedum telephium genus Sedum - large genus of rock plants having thick fleshy leaves sedum - any of various plants of the genus Sedum
Adj.	1.	livelong - (of time) constituting the full extent or duration; "all the livelong day" whole - including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete; "gave his whole attention"; "a whole wardrobe for the tropics"; "the whole hog"; "a whole week"; "the baby cried the whole trip home"; "a whole loaf of bread"