Usually means: A distant period in history.
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  1. long-ago, long ago: Merriam-Webster
  2. long ago: Vocabulary.com
  3. Long-Ago, long-ago: Wordnik
  4. long ago: Wiktionary
  5. long-ago: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. long-ago, long ago: Dictionary.com
  7. Long Ago (And Far Away), Long Ago (and Far Away), Long ago: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. long-ago, long ago: Rhymezone
  9. long-ago, long ago: FreeDictionary.org
  10. long-ago, long ago: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. long-ago, long ago: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. long-ago, long ago: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  13. long-ago: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  14. long-ago: Vocabulary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (long ago)

▸ adverb:  At a time in the past, especially the distant past.
▸ adjective:  Existing in the relatively distant past.

Similar:
lang syne, long since, ab aeterno, aforetymes, thenadays, down, aboriginally, sometyme, ancestorially, alate, more...

Opposite:
recent, new, fresh, current

Types:
yesterday, last week, last year, last century, last millennium, more...

Phrases:
since a long time ago, a long time ago, not long ago, Not So Long Ago, A Brightness Long Ago, more...

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Similar:
lang syne, long since, ab aeterno, aforetymes, thenadays, down, aboriginally, sometyme, ancestorially, alate, more...

Opposite:
recent, new, fresh, current

Types:
yesterday, last week, last year, last century, last millennium, more...

Phrases:
since a long time ago, a long time ago, not long ago, Not So Long Ago, A Brightness Long Ago, Once Upon a Long Ago, Long Long Time Ago, Long Long Time Ago, long time ago, long long ago, long long ago, more...



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