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currently | forlong |

As an adverb currently

is at this moment, at present, now.

As a verb forlong is

to be possessed with longing or forlong can be to keep or continue longer; prolong.

currently

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • At this moment, at present, now.
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    forlong

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) forlangen, equivalent to . Cognate with (etyl) verlangen.

    Etymology 2

    From .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To be possessed with longing.
  • * 2009 , Carol Gilligan, Kyra :
    • And then after, forlonged , forlonging, longing without end. I looked at his hands, his fingers long, elegant, the hands of a conductor.
    Derived terms
    * (l)

    Etymology 3

    From .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To keep or continue longer; prolong.
  • * 1496 , Dives and Paupers:
    • They haue leuer to gyue .xx. shellynges to forlonge the soules in payne all a yere.
  • * 1999 , James Joyce, Finnegans Wake :
    • Struggling forlongs I have livramentoed, milles on milles of mancipelles.
  • * 2005 , Swede Hastings, Creeping Shadows :
    • Now certain shadows followed me. Forlonged memories move round From visions inside my head I see [...]
    Derived terms
    * (l)