I.
verb
ADVERB
▪ desperately
▪
He ~ed desperately to be back at home.
▪ secretly
▪
They were the words she had secretly ~ed to hear.
▪ always
▪
She had always ~ed to travel to other countries.
PREPOSITION
▪ for
▪
He hated the city and ~ed for the mountains.
II.
adj.
VERBS
▪ be , look , seem
▪
That dress looks a little ~ to me.
▪ grow
▪
My hair had grown ~.
ADVERB
▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.
▪
His drive to work is fairly ~.
▪ awfully , exceptionally , incredibly
▪ excessively , overly ( esp. AmE )
▪
At 900 pages, the book is overly ~.
▪ unusually
▪
an unusually ~ pause
▪ impossibly ( esp. AmE ), ridiculously
▪
a pair of impossibly ~ legs
▪ relatively
▪ a little , slightly , etc.
▪ enough
▪
Are you sure two hours will be ~ enough?
Long is used with these nouns: ↑ absence , ↑ afternoon , ↑ answer , ↑ arc , ↑ ascent , ↑ association , ↑ ball , ↑ bang , ↑ bath , ↑ battle , ↑ beak , ↑ bench , ↑ blast , ↑ breakfast , ↑ breath , ↑ call , ↑ campaign , ↑ career , ↑ chain , ↑ chase , ↑ chat , ↑ claw , ↑ climb , ↑ coastline , ↑ coat , ↑ column , ↑ conversation , ↑ cord , ↑ corridor , ↑ courtship , ↑ crack , ↑ curl , ↑ cut , ↑ day , ↑ debate , ↑ delay , ↑ deliberation , ↑ descent , ↑ description , ↑ detour , ↑ discussion , ↑ distance , ↑ division , ↑ document , ↑ dress , ↑ drink , ↑ drive , ↑ driveway , ↑ drop , ↑ drought , ↑ duration , ↑ ear , ↑ embrace , ↑ endurance , ↑ engagement , ↑ evening , ↑ excerpt , ↑ exile , ↑ expanse , ↑ experience , ↑ explanation , ↑ exposure , ↑ extract , ↑ eyelash , ↑ face , ↑ fang , ↑ fast , ↑ feud , ↑ fight , ↑ film , ↑ finger , ↑ fingernail , ↑ flex , ↑ flight , ↑ friendship , ↑ fringe , ↑ fuse , ↑ gallery , ↑ gap , ↑ gash , ↑ glove , ↑ gown , ↑ grass , ↑ groan , ↑ gulp , ↑ hair , ↑ hallway , ↑ handle , ↑ haul , ↑ hibernation , ↑ hike , ↑ hill , ↑ history , ↑ honeymoon , ↑ hour , ↑ howl , ↑ illness , ↑ interval , ↑ job , ↑ journey , ↑ jump , ↑ kiss , ↑ knife , ↑ labour , ↑ ladder , ↑ lapse , ↑ lease , ↑ lecture , ↑ leg , ↑ lens , ↑ letter , ↑ life , ↑ lifetime , ↑ limb , ↑ limousine , ↑ line , ↑ list , ↑ lull , ↑ lunch , ↑ mane , ↑ march , ↑ meeting , ↑ memory , ↑ minute , ↑ moment , ↑ monologue , ↑ moustache , ↑ nail , ↑ nap , ↑ neck , ↑ needle , ↑ night , ↑ nightmare , ↑ nose , ↑ odds , ↑ ordeal , ↑ ovation , ↑ overcoat , ↑ pants , ↑ parenthesis , ↑ pass , ↑ passage , ↑ path , ↑ pause , ↑ pedigree , ↑ period , ↑ piece , ↑ poem , ↑ post , ↑ process , ↑ procession , ↑ puff , ↑ pull , ↑ queue , ↑ résumé , ↑ rally , ↑ range , ↑ reach , ↑ recession , ↑ record , ↑ residence , ↑ rest , ↑ ribbon , ↑ ride , ↑ river , ↑ road , ↑ robe , ↑ round , ↑ route , ↑ row , ↑ run , ↑ saga , ↑ scar , ↑ scarf , ↑ scratch , ↑ section , ↑ sentence , ↑ separation , ↑ sequence , ↑ series , ↑ sermon , ↑ service , ↑ session , ↑ shadow , ↑ shift , ↑ shorts , ↑ shot , ↑ sickness , ↑ siege , ↑ sigh , ↑ silence , ↑ sip , ↑ skirt , ↑ sleep , ↑ sleeve , ↑ slide , ↑ slope , ↑ sniff , ↑ sock , ↑ solo , ↑ space , ↑ span , ↑ speech , ↑ spell , ↑ standing , ↑ stay , ↑ stem , ↑ stick , ↑ stint , ↑ stop , ↑ strand , ↑ stretch , ↑ stride , ↑ strike , ↑ strip , ↑ stroke , ↑ stroll , ↑ struggle , ↑ succession , ↑ summer , ↑ suspension , ↑ sweep , ↑ swig , ↑ swim , ↑ sword , ↑ syllable , ↑ table , ↑ tail , ↑ tale , ↑ talk , ↑ tenure , ↑ term , ↑ terrace , ↑ think , ↑ time , ↑ title , ↑ tongue , ↑ tour , ↑ tradition , ↑ trail , ↑ trek , ↑ trip , ↑ trousers , ↑ tunnel , ↑ underwear , ↑ vacation , ↑ valley , ↑ view , ↑ visit , ↑ vowel , ↑ voyage , ↑ wait , ↑ walk , ↑ wall , ↑ war , ↑ wavelength , ↑ way , ↑ week , ↑ weekend , ↑ while , ↑ whistle , ↑ window , ↑ wing , ↑ winter , ↑ word , ↑ year
III.
adv.
Long is used with these adjectives: ↑ defunct , ↑ extinct , ↑ interested , ↑ overdue
Long is used with these verbs: ↑ believe , ↑ cease , ↑ dream , ↑ kiss , ↑ last , ↑ linger , ↑ regard , ↑ sleep , ↑ survive , ↑ wait