of or relating to the distant past or to remote events; ancient: long-ago exploits remembered only in folk tales.
Origin of long-ago
First recorded in 1825–35
Words nearby long-ago
longa, long abductor muscle of thumb, long account, long-acting, long-acting thyroid stimulator, long-ago, longan, long-and-short work, longanimity, long arm, long axis
As the otherwise insightful report notes, he does not seem to have gone to the school seeking vengeance for some long-ago wrong.
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The long-ago indiscretion was forgotten as he condemned free-spending liberals and pledged to “stop the gravy train.”
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Bass looked slightly out of place at that long-ago Paris Review party, despite being the centerpiece of the evening.
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That popular phrase ran endlessly in long-ago TV commercials promoting the board-game version of naval warfare.
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Look at what he did to Perry, with that immigration attack he made against the Texas governor at that long-ago debate.
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She felt that she couldn't feign sickness and act a lie, after remembering that long-ago talk with her father.
Rainbow Valley|Lucy Maud Montgomery
And, amid that panoply of long-ago, she recognised Séverac Bablon.
The Sins of Sverac Bablon|Sax Rohmer
Had she not told the student that long-ago night that she loved him?
Tess of the Storm Country|Grace Miller White
Stanton walked slowly toward the spot until he was finally at the base of the slope of rock created by that long-ago avalanche.
Anything You Can Do ...|Gordon Randall Garrett
He spoke out to Lucy as freely as he had done in that long-ago illness, when she was his full confidante.
Verner's Pride|Mrs. Henry Wood
Idioms and Phrases with long-ago
long ago
A time well before the present, the distant past. For example, I read that book long ago, or The battles of long ago were just as fierce. [Second half of 1300s]