Definition of "long-ago" []

• Of, related to, or occurring in the past: a long-ago espionage trial. (adjective)

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• "All in all, "On Canaan's Side" is a vivid argument in favor of Lilly's and indeed Barry's contention that "there is nothing called long-ago after all.""
• "I smiled inwardly, thinking of that long-ago request."
• "When she'd got her breath, she told me the story: that long-ago Sunday morning at the diner, the pen he'd borrowed to draw with while they talked."