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longish

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: L AO1 NG IH0 SH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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adj

Meaning 1

Somewhat long.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • 1922, Rudyard Kipling, "A St. Helena Lullaby," lines 17-20, in Rudyard Kipling's Verse, Garden City: Doubleday, http://www.bartleby.com/364/294.html "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!)
  • It was a longish time before I received a reply to my letter.

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adjective satellite

Meaning 2

somewhat long

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree English long Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English longish From long + -ish.