Continuing
Continuing adjective - Of long duration.
Long and continuing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Long" instead an adjective "Continuing".
Long
Long adjective - Primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified.
Usage example: long ago
Continuing and long are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Continuing" instead an adjective "Long".
Nearby Word: longed
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- tenacious and continuing
- tenacious and long
- endless and continuing
- endless and long
- enduring and continuing
- enduring and long
- lasting and continuing
- lasting and long
- lingering and continuing
- lingering and long
- interminable and continuing
- interminable and long
- long-lived and continuing
- long-lived and long
Both words in one sentence
- Continuing costs you Time, and taking too long automatically earns you the Bad Ending.
Source: Continuing Is Painful - Long story short contest: imagine an Alternate History with a Divided States of America and a continuing Civil War between the two sides.
Source: Naïve Newcomer -
MOTHER 3 plays it more straight when Leder gives the surprisingly long explanation of the history of Nowhere Islands; he'll confirm that you understand each part before continuing to the next.
Source: Shall I Repeat That?
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