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Webster 1913 Edition
Longish
Long′ish
,Adj.
Somewhat long; moderately long.
Webster 1828 Edition
Longish
LONG'ISH
,Adj.
Definition 2024
longish
longish
English
Adjective
longish (not comparable)
- Somewhat long.
- 1922, Rudyard Kipling, "A St. Helena Lullaby," lines 17-20, in Rudyard Kipling's Verse, Garden City: Doubleday,
- "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!)
- 1941, Emily Carr, Klee Wyck, Chapter 16,
- She had a longish face scribbled all over with wrinkles.
- It was a longish time before I received a reply to my letter.
- 1922, Rudyard Kipling, "A St. Helena Lullaby," lines 17-20, in Rudyard Kipling's Verse, Garden City: Doubleday,