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longish

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++long·ish /ˈlɒŋɪʃ $ ˈlɒːŋɪʃ/ adjective informal  LONGfairly long 略长的;相当长的 OPP shortish
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longishFlapper bathing beauties were well covered, including longish drawers and stockings.The man with the guitar was dark and smooth-faced, with longish hair, a sensitive mouth.He wore a cap and a longish mac done up at the neck.He has high cheekbones, and a longish nose.You may be able to accommodate this bending by tying in to a longish pergola or trellis on a wall or fence.Two negative reports, say, over a longish period of time..They look like crude, longish pine cones, with bracts clearly recognizable as modified leaves.an artist with longish red hairHe is not much of a talker; a longish sentence for him is um, his standard reply to most questions.
long·ish adjectiveChineseSyllable
Corpus fairly long


longish
longish /ˈlɒŋɪʃ $ ˈlɒːŋɪʃ/ adjective informal
fairly long
   OPP  shortish


long·ishBrE /ˈlɒŋɪʃ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈlɔːŋɪʃ/ 🔊 adjective [only before noun] fairly long 稍长的;较长的longish hair颇长的头发There was a longish pause. 有一个略长的停顿。🔊🔊