longish
4
2.5
- adjective
- /ˈlɔŋɪʃ/
- Informal
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- The first segment is a longish sequence of "people in the street" shots and long shots of the city.
- longish hair
So I, it is a rather longish talk, but I've got it set up.
- So I, it is a rather longish talk, but I've got it set up.
- I guess the long blink would be death, but the long ish blink would be sleep.
- Maybe a longish jog, maybe a swim, ride the bike, etcetera.
Examples
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I did not recognize the dress: flowered, longish, tightened at the waist with a leather belt.
Fiction book (1995) -
He's balding, with longish gray hair and intense eyes.
Fiction book (1997) -
A man with longish brown hair, an army jacket, and a slight to medium build.
Fiction book (1996) -
Framed by her dark hair, her face was kept from being a perfect oval by a longish chin.
Fiction book (2002) -
There's four books, and each of those books has a number of longish chapters.
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The father had a kind of artistic look, with longish, tousled hair.
Fiction book (2002) -
To sit with a novella is analogous to watching a play or a longish movie.
Blog text (4) -
His hair was longish, balding on top, bleached white where it fell on his muscular shoulders.
Fiction book (1997) -
The canvas presents a slender youth with a fresh-faced complexion, almond-shaped eyes, and longish, insouciant hair falling over his large forehead.
Academic text (2013) -
The dog had a longish tail that wagged happily as it ran.
Synonyms
109
3.5
Lasting a long time and making people bored
69
3.9
Continuing for a longer time than usual
29
6.6
Continuing for a long time, often longer than expected
Antonyms
How Long
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Longish is simply long plus the ending -ish, where long means 'not short' and -ish means 'somewhat' or 'a little like', as in smallish. So, longish means 'fairly long' or 'somewhat long'.