Examples of longish in a Sentence
She wore a longish coat.
He had longish black hair.
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If the events in Jackson’s spare script had been filmed at a conventional pace and with conventional stagings, the film would be a longish short, of maybe thirty or forty minutes.
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Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2023
Through much of the longish first scene, the authors stuff résumé excerpts and scraps of back story into envelopes of supposedly casual dialogue.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 10 Aug. 2023
This sizable sedan can also turn in a circle of less than 35 feet, and its longish tail provides a 17-cubic-foot trunk that also contains a pass-through to the rear seat with a watertight ski bootie.
—Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 7 Aug. 2023
These brakes pull the 2550-pound car down from 70 mph in a longish 192 feet, but with exemplary feel and controllability.
—Kevin Smith, Car and Driver, 26 June 2023
The stopping distance from 70 mph is a longish 189 feet.
—Dave Vanderwerp, Car and Driver, 30 May 2023
The big four-wheel discs, ventilated in front, turn out to be strong points, smoothly snubbing this 4016-pound pilgrim's progress without fade, though stops from 70 mph require a longish 213 feet.
—Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 24 Apr. 2023
His longish post is respectfully critical.
—Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 2 Aug. 2013
He’s got a scruffy, reddish beard going, and his longish hair sticks out of a baseball cap from Lowden Guitars, a high-end acoustic-guitar manufacturer.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2023
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Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2023
Through much of the longish first scene, the authors stuff résumé excerpts and scraps of back story into envelopes of supposedly casual dialogue.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 10 Aug. 2023
This sizable sedan can also turn in a circle of less than 35 feet, and its longish tail provides a 17-cubic-foot trunk that also contains a pass-through to the rear seat with a watertight ski bootie.
—Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 7 Aug. 2023
These brakes pull the 2550-pound car down from 70 mph in a longish 192 feet, but with exemplary feel and controllability.
—Kevin Smith, Car and Driver, 26 June 2023
The stopping distance from 70 mph is a longish 189 feet.
—Dave Vanderwerp, Car and Driver, 30 May 2023
The big four-wheel discs, ventilated in front, turn out to be strong points, smoothly snubbing this 4016-pound pilgrim's progress without fade, though stops from 70 mph require a longish 213 feet.
—Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 24 Apr. 2023
His longish post is respectfully critical.
—Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 2 Aug. 2013
He’s got a scruffy, reddish beard going, and his longish hair sticks out of a baseball cap from Lowden Guitars, a high-end acoustic-guitar manufacturer.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2023
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First Known Use
1582, in the meaning defined above
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“Longish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/longish. Accessed 10 Dec. 2023.
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longish
adjective
long·ish
ˈlȯŋ-ish 
: somewhat long
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