longish
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of longish
Example Sentences
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This steadiness breaks from the long or longish gaps between wins for most three-timers, and could …
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2023
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
There’s evidence of the mullet — which is characterized by hair closely shorn everywhere except at the back of the head, where it is left longish — appearing in ancient Assyria, Egypt and Greece.
From New York Times • May 17, 2022
He’s six feet tall already, with sort of longish brown hair and blue eyes.
From "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel
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