longish
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of longish
Example Sentences
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The account of this period of Númenórean history is longish and rather dull, despite the inclusion of a tale of ill-fated love.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 21, 2022
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
For Seth Rogen’s character, a woeful carpenter, Moe made a longish mullet modeled on his own father, who worked for a Wisconsin telephone company in the ‘80s and ‘90s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 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
It was a longish job and rather hurt the horses.
From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis
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