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longish

American  
[lawng-ish, long-] / ˈlɔŋ ɪʃ, ˈlɒŋ- /

adjective

  1. somewhat long.


longish British  
/ ˈlɒŋɪʃ /

adjective

  1. rather long

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of longish

First recorded in 1605–15; long 1 + -ish 1

Example Sentences

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Walking on a balcony, I turned a corner, and there he was, tall and slender, with soulful brown eyes and a longish mop of brown hair threatening to hide them.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 15, 2025

Don’t be intimidated by that longish list of spices.

From Washington Post • Jan. 17, 2023

When the original One City, One Book program premiered in 1998, it bore the longish but highly descriptive and aspirational title, “If All Seattle Read the Same Book.”

From Seattle Times • Sep. 15, 2022

"I had longish curtains hair so my mum used to dab her black eyeliner onto the patches to take the eye away from the areas."

From BBC • Dec. 13, 2021

Ifemelu could tell, from the longish length, the near-perfect waves that grazed his collar, that he took fastidious care of his hair.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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