lifelong

[ lahyf-lawng, -long ]

/ ˈlaɪfˌlɔŋ, -ˌlɒŋ /

lasting or continuing through all or much of one's life: lifelong regret.

Origin of lifelong

1750–60; life + long¹ (adv.)

lifelong livelong

In January 2014, a lifelong District of Columbia parks employee, Medric Mills, collapsed while walking with his grown daughter.

Red Tape Is Strangling Good Samaritans |Philip K. Howard |December 27, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The former apprentice engineer retained a lifelong interest in the way things worked.

Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days |David Freeman |December 13, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
(That Williams was a lifelong Democrat illustrates the political blurred lines when it comes to laws related to pregnant women).

The Supreme Court Case Uniting Pro-Lifers & Pro-Choicers |Emily Shire |December 3, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Perhaps the greatest irony remains that civil rights titan Caesar Chavez was a lifelong opponent of illegal immigration.

The Liberal Case Against Illegal Immigration |Doug McIntyre |November 25, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

George Carlin had a lifelong love of learning and questioned everything.

Why George Carlin Deserves His Own Street |Kevin Bartini |October 21, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
This river has rarely been discovered by poor mortals, although it has been the object of their lifelong quest.

The History of Yiddish Literature in the Nineteenth Century |Leo Wiener
Speaks the one great book of this land written for the guidance of women, 'The lifelong duty of women is obedience.

The House of the Misty Star |Fannie Caldwell Macaulay
It is a lifelong work thus to strip ourselves of the rags of our old vices, and to gird on the robe of righteousness.

The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon |Alexander Maclaren
The death-bed of a great political organization proves oftentimes the graveyard of lifelong friendships.

William Lloyd Garrison |Archibald H. Grimke
Godfrey Cass, with his lifelong secret, is by right the hero of Silas Marner.

Views and Reviews |Henry James

lifelong

/ (ˈlaɪfˌlɒŋ) /

lasting for or as if for a lifetime