long long ago

Related

once upon a timeTraditional narrative opening
ancientVery old indeed
distantFar away or aloof
bygoneOf earlier times
olden daysHistorical past times

yesteryear · primordial · mythic · legendary · fairy tale · ancestors · chronicles · epochs · eons · timeless · forgotten · mist · dawn of time · origins · storytelling · fable · lore · medieval

Opposites

temporal distance

long long agoright now

At the present moment

presently · today · someday · just now · recently

narrative framing

long long agobreaking news

Newly unfolding events reported

temporal specificity

long long agothis instant

At the present moment

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