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longish

longish adjective: somewhat long.

Adjective

longish (not comparable)

  1. Somewhat long.
    • "How far is St. Helena from the Capes of Trafalgar?" / A longish way—a longish way—with ten year more to run. / It's South across the water underneath a falling star. / (What you cannot finish you must leave undone!)1922, Rudyard Kipling, "A St. Helena Lullaby," lines 17-20, in Rudyard Kipling's Verse, Garden City: Doubleday, http://www.bartleby.com/364/294.html
    • She had a longish face scribbled all over with wrinkles.1941, Emily Carr, chapter 16, in Klee Wyck

Origin of longish

From long + -ish.

Questions about longish

What does longish mean?
Longish means somewhat long.
What part of speech is longish?
Longish is an adjective.

Words near longish in the dictionary

  1. longirostral
  2. longirostrate
  3. longirostrine
  4. longirostry
  5. longis
  6. longish
  7. longissimi
  8. longissimus
  9. longitarsal
  10. longitude
  11. longitude clock

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