Word info

extra-long

Adjective

Meaning

extra-long (not comparable)

Alternative form of extralong

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Some other schools have a liking for extra-long swords. From the point of view of my strategy these must be seen as weak schools. Miyamoto Musashi

From olden times it has been said: "Great and small go together." So do not unconditionally dislike extra-long swords. What I dislike is the inclination towards the long sword. Miyamoto Musashi

Hughes seemingly routinely shot incredibly long cuts of his films, even though the kind of movies he made for most of his life weren't the kind likely to get an extra-long runtime. Source: Internet

He is referring to the katana in this, and refers to the nodachi and the odachi as "extra-long swords". Source: Internet

Rather than setting up a timing system, the kludge was to make the internal wires extra-long, increasing the distance and thus increasing the time the electrical signal took to reach its destination. Source: Internet

Scerri 2007, pp. 270‒71 citation A second extra-long periodic table row, to accommodate known and undiscovered elements with an atomic weight greater than bismuth (thorium, protactinium and uranium, for example), had been postulated as far back as 1892. Source: Internet

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