longishadj.
/ˈlɒŋɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈlɔŋɪʃ/, /ˈlɑŋɪʃ/ Somewhat long; fairly long.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > [adjective] > long > somewhat long
longish1582
the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [adjective] > prone to incur risk or venturesome > (of odds) somewhat long
longish1884
the world > time > duration > [adjective] > long-lasting or enduring
longeOE
longsomeeOE
long of lifeOE
lastinga1225
cleaving1340
continualc1340
dwellingc1380
long-livinga1382
everlastingc1384
long-duringa1387
long-lasting?a1400
long-liveda1400
broadc1400
permanable?c1422
perseverant?a1425
permanentc1425
perdurable?a1439
continuedc1440
abiding1448
unremoved1455
eternalc1460
long-continued1464
continuing1526
long-enduring1527
enduring1532
immortal1538
diuturn?1541
veterated1547
resiant?1567
stayinga1568
well-wearinga1568
substantive1575
pertinacious1578
extant1581
ceaseless1590
marble1596
of length1597
longeval1598
diuturnal1599
nine-lived1600
chronic1601
unexhausted1602
chronical1604
endurable1607
continuant1610
indeflourishing1610
aged1611
indurant1611
continuatea1616
perennious1628
seculara1631
undiscontinueda1631
continuated1632
untransitory1632
long-spun1633
momently1641
stative1643
outliving1645
constant1653
long-descended1660
voluminousa1661
perduring1664
perdurant1671
livelong1673
perennial1676
longeve1678
consequential1681
unquenched1703
lifelong1746
momentary1755
inveterate1780
stabile1797
persistent1826
unpassing1831
all-time1846
year-long1846
teak-built1847
lengthful1855
long-term1867
long haul1873
sticky1879
week-to-week1879
perenduring1883
long-range1885
longish1889
long-time1902
long run1904
long-life1915
1582 R. Mulcaster 1st Pt. Elementarie xvii. 113 E, ending anie former syllab soundeth of it self brode, and longish, as, reprehend, delegate.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Longuet, longish, or somewhat long.
a1678 T. Hanmer Garden Bk. (1933) 110 The flowers are longish and tubous, open at the mouths.
1719 J. Quincy Lexicon Physico-medicum (ed. 2) 348 Such as have a longish Seed swelling out in the middle.
1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho II. xii. 454 A tall Signor, with a longish face.
1851 C. Brontë Let. 30 Jan. (2000) II. 566 I received to-day a longish letter.
1884 Illustr. London News 30 Aug. 199/1 I'll lay longish odds I know Squire Cowcumber's way.
1889 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms xxxiv They'd had a longish day and a fast ride.
1919 T. S. Eliot Let. 9 July in Waste Land Drafts (1971) p. xvii I have a longish critical review about three weeks out of four.
1945 D. Thomas Let. 28 Mar. (1985) 550 Here are another five poems: one longish one, four short ones.
2008 Time Out N.Y. 23 Aug. 47/3 Stuffed, but too leg-weary to handle a walk, we took a longish drive.
Compounds
Parasynthetic and similative, as longish-haired, longish-legged, longish-looking, etc., adjs.
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1691 London Gaz. No. 2666/4 A black brown Mare,..round and longish Bodied.
1704 Dict. Rusticum at Pear-skin-less Longish shaped, and Russelet-colour'd.
1709 London Gaz. No. 4526/4 She is of a middle Stature, somewhat thin and longish-Favour'd.
1844 J. G. Lockhart Let. 25 Mar. in M. W. Gordon Christopher North (1862) II. xvi. 281 The long-haired and longish-headed.
?1855 C. Rossetti in W. M. Rossetti Ruskin, Rossetti: Preraphaelitism (1899) 49 Three white longish-haired dogs.
1868 Entomol. Monthly Mag. Apr. 251 Rather longish-looking in shape.
1931 R. Kipling Let. Aug. (2004) VI. 51 A red-faced, light haired, longish nosed man.
1998 T. Juniper & M. Parr Parrots (2003) 329/1 A medium-sized, longish-tailed parrot.
2008 Aberdeen Evening Express (Nexis) 5 May 26 She was surprised when she saw the longish-legged bird.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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