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LONGISH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does longish mean?
• LONGISH (adjective)
The adjective LONGISH has 1 sense:
1. somewhat long
Familiarity information: LONGISH used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Somewhat long
Similar:
long (primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified)
Context examples
The longish silky coat may be wavy or with large curls, with a heavy mane at the neck.
(Borzoi, NCI Thesaurus)
He had found a longish fir-tree lying felled and trimmed in the enclosure, and with the help of Hunter he had set it up at the corner of the log-house where the trunks crossed and made an angle.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
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