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not long

ADJECTIVE

short

Synonyms

STRONGEST

low small thick tiny

STRONG

compact diminutive little petite pocket slight squat stunted wee

WEAK

chunky close to the ground pint-sized pocket-sized runty sawed-off skimpy squatty stocky stubby thickset undersized

Antonyms

STRONGEST

big enormous huge large

STRONG

tall

WEAK

enough high lengthy long

Example Sentences

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One night, not long after his roleplay session with the good doctor, Clark spots a crack of light coming from a wall in the sub-basement of his store’s showroom.

From Salon • May 30, 2026

They started in the skin, not long after the first complex animals took shape.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

The scene lost a founding legend in Nitzer Ebb’s Douglas McCarthy not long ago.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

He skipped a crucial meeting; the partnership blew up not long after.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

That night, not long after I had gone to bed, a storm blew in.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls