longness

State of extension

Longness is the quality of being long—in physical extent or duration.

The word is rarely used; length covers the same ground more naturally.

Longness occasionally appears when emphasizing the felt quality of something extended: the longness of winter nights, the sheer longness of the journey.

duration

duration

Length of existence

perpetuity · endlessness · infinity · interminability · continuance · persistence · lastingness · protraction · permanence · interval

measurement

distance

Space between two points

footage · yardage · mileage · expanse · stretch · dimension · proportion · magnitude · extensiveness

Opposites
spatial extent

longnessshortness

Lack of length

brevity · compactness · smallness · truncation · abbreviation

temporal duration

longnessshortness

Lack of length

brevity · briefness · transience · fleetingness · momentariness

Family

long, length, belonging, longer, lengthy, prolong, belongings, prolonged, lengthen

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G