longish

English

Etymology

long + -ish

Adjective

longish (not comparable)

  1. 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, chapter 16, in Klee Wyck:
      She had a longish face scribbled all over with wrinkles.
    It was a longish time before I received a reply to my letter.

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