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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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As do most of the main characters, Nicholson gets a longish theatrical monologue to remind us that there’s a hurting person in there somewhere, and, really, she does a great job of it.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 28, 2025

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

Weird, perhaps: Some of the characters are ghosts; there are longish passages of improvised song.

From New York Times Jun. 22, 2022

To show what I mean, let me quote a longish paragraph from her latest book, “Esmond and Ilia,” a double portrait of her parents during the first years of their marriage.

From Washington Post Jun. 8, 2022

She wore a black suit with a longish skirt, and her face was framed by the cowl she wore.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt

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