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Definition of So long
1. Noun. A farewell remark. "They said their good-byes"
Generic synonyms: Farewell, Word Of Farewell
Definition of So long
1. Interjection. (informal) Goodbye; a greeting used when leaving or departing from a person or place ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of So Long
Literary usage of So long
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"Meantime, so long as round the rampart raged The battle 'twixt the ... and well
aloof Of the swift ships, so long ..."
2. The Republic of Plato by Plato (1888)
"... they cannot behold it in a waking state, so long as they use hypotheses which
they leave unexamined, and of which they can give no account. ..."
3. Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries by Charles Darwin (1846)
"How delightful was that still night, after having been so long involved in the
din of the warring elements! ..."
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