ANY LONGER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does any longer mean? 

• ANY LONGER (adverb)
  The adverb ANY LONGER has 1 sense:

1. at the present or from now on; usually used with a negative

  Familiarity information: ANY LONGER used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANY LONGER (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

At the present or from now on; usually used with a negative

Synonyms:

any longer; anymore

Context example:

the children promised not to quarrel any more

 Context examples 

I will not torment myself any longer by remaining among friends whose society it is impossible for me now to enjoy.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

We can't be little playmates any longer, but we will be brother and sister, to love and help one another all our lives, won't we, Laurie?

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

I feel that if I looked at him any longer, I might be tempted to say something out loud; and what would become of me then!

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

The richer Pa grew the poorer was Frank; so at last Pa wouldn’t hear of our engagement lasting any longer, and he took me away to ’Frisco.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Well, if you are so obstinate, I will leave you; for I dare not stay any longer: the dew begins to fall.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Don't wait any longer or he may suspect.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

There was no trace of love between us any longer.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Nay, said the maid, if you are thirsty, get off yourself, and stoop down by the water and drink; I shall not be your waiting-maid any longer.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

She had come to the point where she could not bear the pain of her damaged hip any longer and made the appointment with her surgeon.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

I have too great a veneration for crowned heads, to dwell any longer on so nice a subject.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)