Related Words for not long ago

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able
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
above
x/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
absence
/x
Noun
absent
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
absolutely
xx/x
Adverb
abundant
x/x
Adjective
acceptances
x/xx
Noun
accepted
x/x
Adjective
ache
/
Noun, Verb
acquaintance
x/x
Noun
actually
/xxx
Adverb
addition
x/x
Noun
advance
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
after
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
afterwards
/xx
Adverb
again
x/
Adverb
against
x/
Adverb
ahead
x/
Adverb
allow
x/
Verb
alone
x/
Adverb, Adjective
along
x/
Adverb
already
x/x
Adverb
alt
/
Noun, Adjective
always
/x
Adverb
ancient
/x
Adjective, Noun
and
x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
anna
/x
Name
anything
/xx
Noun, Adverb
atypical
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
avoid
x/
Verb
away
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb
awhile
x/
Adverb
back
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
backward
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
bad
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
badly
/x
Adverb, Adjective
barely
/x
Adverb
battalion
x/x
Noun, Verb
before
x/
Adverb
beforehand
x/x
Adverb, Adjective
behind
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
better
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
beyond
x/
Adverb, Noun
big
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
bit
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bonfires
/xx
Adjective
bonnie
/x
Name, Adjective
borne
/
Adjective, Noun
brief
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
brigade
x/
Noun, Verb
broad
/
Adjective, Noun
but
/
Adverb, Noun, Verb
buyer
/x
Noun
bygone
/x
Adjective, Noun
carry
/x
Verb, Noun
catacombs
/xx
Noun
certainly
/xx
Adverb
chief
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
choice
/
Noun, Adjective
chorus
/x
Noun, Verb
chronic
/x
Adjective, Noun
clocked
/
Adjective
combinational
xx/xx
Adjective
come
/
Verb, Noun
completely
x/x
Adverb
comprehensive
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
con
/
Noun, Verb
condition
x/x
Noun, Verb
considerable
x/xxx
Adjective, Noun
consistently
x/xx
Adverb
consuming
x/x
Adjective, Noun
contracts
/x
Noun
courses
/x
Noun
crave
/
Verb, Noun
cumbersome
/xx
Adjective
currently
/xx
Adverb
dace
/
Noun
denying
x/x
Noun
detailed
x/
Adjective, Noun
die
/
Verb, Noun
difficult
/xx
Adjective, Verb
director
x/x
Noun
distances
/xx
Noun
distant
/x
Adjective
distress
x/
Noun, Verb
diviner
x/x
Noun
divisible
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
does
/
Noun
don
/
Name, Verb
down
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
downstream
//
Adverb, Adjective, Verb
dragon
/x
Noun
dreadful
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
durable
/xx
Adjective, Noun
duration
//x
Noun
during
/x
Noun
earlier
/xx
Adverb, Adjective
either
/x
Adverb
elongate
x/x
Verb, Adjective
else
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
endless
/x
Adjective
enduring
x/x
Adjective, Noun
enjoyable
x/xx
Adjective
enormous
x/x
Adjective
enough
x/
Adverb, Noun
entire
x/x
Adjective, Noun
epistles
x/x
Noun
eternal
x/x
Adjective, Noun
even
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
eventful
x/x
Adjective
eventual
x/xx
Adjective
eventually
x/xxx
Adverb
ever
/x
Adverb, Adjective
ex
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
except
x/
Verb
excluded
x/x
Verb
extendable
x/xx
Adjective
extensive
x/x
Adjective
extent
x/
Noun, Adjective
extremely
x/x
Adverb
fail
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
failure
/x
Noun
fake
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
false
/
Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Noun
far
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
farsighted
//x
Adjective
fast
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
fateful
/x
Adjective
feature
/x
Noun, Verb
few
/
Noun
fine
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
first
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
flop
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
footsteps
/x
Noun
for
/
Noun
forbidden
/xx
Adjective
forever
x/x
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
forget
x/
Verb, Noun
former
/x
Adjective, Noun
formerly
/xx
Adverb
free
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
fritz
/
Name, Verb
from
/
Verb
front
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
frontier
x/
Noun, Verb
full
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
go
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
god
/
Name, Verb
gonna
/x
Verb
goodbye
x/
Noun, Verb
governor
/xx
Noun
grand
/
Noun, Adjective
great
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
greatly
/x
Adverb
groomed
/
Adjective
gruelling
/x
Adjective, Noun
hair
/
Noun, Verb
happier
/xx
Adjective
hard
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
hardly
/x
Adverb
harrowing
/xx
Adjective, Noun
head
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
heavy
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
heretofore
xx/
Adverb
high
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
highly
/x
Adverb
historically
x/xxx
Adverb
history
/xx
Noun, Verb
homilies
/xx
Noun
hot dogs
//
Phrase
how
/
Adverb, Noun
however
x/x
Adverb
huge
/
Adjective
huh
/
Noun
ill
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
immaterial
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun
impossible
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
inappropriate
xx/xx
Adjective
incorporeal
x/xx
Adjective
indivisible
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun
informal
x/x
Adjective
instead
x/
Adverb
insufficiently
xx/xx
Adverb
integer
/xx
Noun
interminable
x/xxx
Adjective, Noun
is
/
Verb, Noun
it
/
Noun, Adjective
johns
/
Name
jump
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb, Adjective
just
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
keep
/
Verb, Noun
kindergartens
/xxx
Noun
lack
/
Noun, Verb
lang
/
Noun, Adjective
lange
/
Name
langer
/x
Name
languish
/x
Verb
lank
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
large
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
largo
/x
Name, Adjective
last
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
late
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
leap
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
leases
/x
Noun, Verb
least
/
Adverb, Noun
legs
/
Noun
length
/
Noun, Verb
lengthened
/x
Adjective
lengthy
/x
Adjective
let
/
Verb, Noun
life
/
Noun, Verb
lifelong
//
Adjective
lingering
/xx
Noun
logic
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
longed
/
Verb
longevity
x/xx
Noun
longish
/x
Adjective
longitude
/xx
Noun
longitudinal
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun
longtime
/x
Adjective, Adverb
longue
/
Noun
loon
/
Noun
lot
/
Noun, Verb
lung
/
Noun
major
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
makes
/
Verb
many
/x
Adjective, Noun
maxims
/x
Noun
maximum
/xx
Adjective, Noun
mayor
/x
Noun
measure
/x
Noun, Verb
measurement
/xx
Noun
medium
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
memorable
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
merely
/x
Adverb
minister
/xx
Noun, Verb
missing
/x
Adjective, Noun
moment
/x
Noun
mucho
/x
Adjective, Adverb
must
/
Verb, Noun
mysterious
x/xx
Adjective
nah
/
Name
napoleon
x/xx
Name
narrow
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
nav
/
Noun, Verb
naw
/
Verb
nay
/
Name, Adverb, Verb, Adjective
near
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
negative
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
neither
/x
Adverb
never
/x
Adverb
next
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
nicht
/
Verb, Noun
nightmarish
/xx
Adjective
nines
/
Noun
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
nobody
/xx
Noun
none
/
Noun, Adverb
noo
/
Adverb, Adjective
nope
/
Noun, Verb
nor
/
Noun
nota
/x
Noun
nothing
/x
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
noting
/x
Noun
now
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
nowhere
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
number
/x
Noun, Verb
oblong
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
often
/x
Adverb, Adjective
okay
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
old
/
Adjective, Noun
omitted
x/x
Verb
ones
/
Noun
ongoing
/xx
Adjective, Noun
only
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
opposed
x/
Adjective
or
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
otherwise
/xx
Adverb, Adjective
outside
//
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
over
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
overnight
/x/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
overwhelming
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
paces
/x
Noun
pas
/
Noun
past
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
pending
/x
Adjective
perennial
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
perhaps
x/
Adverb, Noun
period
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
permanent
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
persistent
x/x
Adjective
pine
/
Noun, Verb
plight
/
Noun, Verb
plus
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
pointed
/x
Adjective
poorly
/x
Adverb, Adjective
pretty
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
prevent
x/
Verb
previous
/xx
Adjective, Noun
prior
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
prohibited
x/xx
Adjective
prolonged
x/
Adjective
protracted
x/x
Adjective
provided
x/x
Verb
provident
/xx
Adjective
psyche
/x
Noun, Verb
purchaser
/xx
Noun
put
/
Verb, Noun
quick
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
quite
/
Adverb, Noun
rarely
/x
Adverb
rather
/x
Adverb, Verb, Adjective, Noun
re
/
Noun
really
/x
Adverb, Verb
rearward
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
recently
/xx
Adverb
refrain
x/
Verb, Noun
refusal
x/x
Noun
refused
x/
Noun
remember
x/x
Verb
remote
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
resuscitate
x/xx
Verb, Adjective
retentive
x/x
Adjective, Noun
revolvers
x/x
Noun
rich
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
right
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
rockers
/x
Verb
round
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
run
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
sans
/
Adjective
sap
/
Noun, Verb
scarcely
/x
Adverb
seldom
/x
Adverb, Adjective
seniority
x/xx
Noun
serve
/
Verb, Noun
short
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
shortened
/x
Adjective
shortly
/x
Adverb
significant
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
significantly
x/xxx
Adverb
simply
/x
Adverb
since
/
Adverb
skinny
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
slender
/x
Adjective
sloops
/
Noun, Verb
slow
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun, Adverb
slowly
/x
Adverb
so
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
some
/
Adverb
soon
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
specials
/x
Noun
stanzas
/x
Noun
status
/x
Noun
stay
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
step
/
Noun, Verb
still
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
stop
/
Verb, Noun
stressed
/
Adjective
stretch
/
Noun, Verb
strong
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
subsequently
/xxx
Adverb
substantial
x/x
Adjective, Noun
suites
/
Noun
sure
/
Adjective, Adverb
surely
/x
Adverb
sustainable
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
sustained
x/
Adjective
symphonies
/xx
Adjective
tall
/
Adjective, Noun
tedious
/xx
Adjective
tempestuous
x/xx
Adjective
temps
/
Noun
tenacious
x/x
Adjective
term
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
terrible
/xx
Adjective, Adverb
than
/
Adverb, Noun
theirs
/
Adjective
then
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
there
/
Adverb, Noun
therefore
/x
Adverb
thin
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
through
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
time
/
Noun, Verb
timely
/x
Adjective, Adverb
to
/
Adverb, Noun
too
/
Adverb
totally
/xx
Adverb
traditionally
x/xxx
Adverb
tree
/
Noun, Verb
true
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
ultimately
/xxx
Adverb
unable
x/x
Adjective, Verb
uneventful
xx/x
Adjective
unforgettable
xx/xx
Adjective
unhappy
x/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
unintended
xx/x
Adjective
uninterrupted
xxx/x
Adjective
unmodified
x/xx
Adjective
unpaid
x/
Adjective
unplanned
x/
Adjective
unsound
x/
Adjective
unsuccessful
xx/x
Adjective
until
x/
untrue
x/
Adjective
unwanted
x/x
Adjective, Noun
vast
/
Adjective, Noun
ventral
/x
Adjective, Noun
verses
/x
Noun
very
/x
Adverb, Adjective
voluminous
x/xx
Adjective
wait
/
Verb, Noun
wave
/
Noun, Verb
way
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective
wearisome
/xx
Adjective
weather
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
weep
/
Verb, Noun
whatever
x/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
when
/
Adverb, Noun
while
/
Noun, Verb
whole
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
why
/
Adverb, Noun, Verb
wicket
/x
Noun
wide
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
widely
/x
Adverb
without
x/
Adverb
wonderful
/xx
Adjective, Adverb
wooden
/x
Adjective, Noun
wrong
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
yeah
/
Noun
yearlong
//
Adjective, Adverb
yearn
/
Verb, Noun
years
/
Noun
yen
/
Noun, Verb
yes
/
Name, Verb
yet
/
Adverb, Verb, Noun