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I go short and sweet on the engagement. I did have a longish engagement, but I think short and sweet is best.
Leelee Sobieski

Meaning of "longish" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LONGISH

longish  [ˈlɒŋɪʃ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LONGISH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Longish is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES LONGISH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of longish in the English dictionary

The definition of longish in the dictionary is rather long.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LONGISH


slangish
ˈslæŋɪʃ
strongish
ˈstrɒŋɪʃ
youngish
ˈjʌŋɪʃ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LONGISH

longicaudate
longicorn
longicorn beetle
longies
Longinean
longing
longingly
longinquity
Longinus
longipennate
longirostral
longitude
longitudinal
longitudinal wave
longitudinally
longleaf
longleaf pine
Longleat House
longleaves
longline

WORDS THAT END LIKE LONGISH

biggish
boggish
curate´s-eggish
doggish
dreggish
haggish
hoggish
jiggish
largish
loggish
orangish
piggish
priggish
puggish
riggish
sluggish
thuggish
waggish
Whiggish
woggish

Synonyms and antonyms of longish in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «longish» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LONGISH

Find out the translation of longish to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of longish from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «longish» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

稍长
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

alargada
570 millions of speakers

English

longish
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

longish
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

طويل قليلا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

длинноватые
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

comprido
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

লম্বাটে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

assez long
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mengantuk
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

länglich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

やや長い
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

약간 긴
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Longish
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hơi dài
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஓரளவு நீண்ட
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लांबच्या
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

uzunca
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

longish
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wydłużone
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

задовгі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

destul de lung
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μακρουλό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

langerige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

långsträckta
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

longish
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of longish

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LONGISH»

The term «longish» is regularly used and occupies the 95.542 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LONGISH» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about longish

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2 QUOTES WITH «LONGISH»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word longish.
1
Leelee Sobieski
I go short and sweet on the engagement. I did have a longish engagement, but I think short and sweet is best.
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Loudon Wainwright III
When you start performing, you realize that you have to separate yourself from the pack. So I would never wear bell-bottoms, which everybody else was wearing. I had short hair - and to see a 21-year-old guy walk onstage without longish hair was, in itself, weird. Every entertainer needs a shtick.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LONGISH»

Discover the use of longish in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to longish and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Raptors of the World
p-q LEPTODON (Grey-headed Kite) Mid-sized black and white kite (polymorphic juv Grey-headed very variable): long broad paddle wings, longish rounded tails: L43—53 cm, 590—110 cm. Neo l4—l4a: plate 13. CHONDROHIERAX ...
David A. Christie, James Ferguson-Lees, 2010
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A Manual of British Coleoptera, Or Beetles: Containing a ...
7-jointed ; club oblong-ovate : rost. deflexed, longish, thick, with an obscure stria on each side : tho. oblong, rounded on the sides : scutel. minute : body broad, ovate, glabrous, very hard : thighs toothed ; tibias with a strong hook at the tip.
James Francis Stephens, 1839
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Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines of Northern Florida and ...
Young twigs glabrous or with a few longish hairs. Exposed faces of scales of winter buds glabrous, their margins short- ciliate. Petioles 3-11 mm long, blades elliptic toobovate, 3-13.5 cm long and 1-5 cm broad, bases cuneate, apices rounded, ...
Robert K. Godfrey, 1988
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The Book that Made Your World: How the Bible Created the ...
Understand where we came from. Whether you're an avid student of the Bible or a skeptic of its relevance, The Book That Made Your World will transform your perception of its influence on virtually every facet of Western civilization.
Vishal Mangalwadi, 2011
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Eastern Ojibwa-Chippewa-Ottawa Dictionary
... pres nda- bgoneyaakshkaan. nbagneyaa= kshkaan; cc e-bgoneyaakshkang. begneyaakshkang. bgoneyaakshkawaad vta kick s.t. (an.) and tear a longish hole in it, sit on s.t. (an.) and tear a longish hole in it, tear a longish hole in s.t. (an. ) ...
Richard A. Rhodes, 1985
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The Universal Gardener and Botanist: or, a general ...
A longish, green coloured, smooth, spotted, exceeding good Pear; in eating the end os December and January, &c. Winter Beurre Pear.] A smallish, oblong, yellowish, red-spotted, very fine Pear ; ready for eating in December and January .
Thomas Mawe, John Abercrombie, 1778
7
Mental States
Facts: movability a(mouse) = high, Facts: movability {cm) = high, shapea(tail) = longish, handy(cm), part_of(tail,mouse), part_of(cable,cm), sizea(mouse) = small, etc. shapejcable) = longish, etc. Rules: - Rules: handy(x) -» size (x) = small Both,  ...
Andrea C. Schalley, Drew Khlentzos, 2007
8
Taming Java Threads
Consequently, the partially modified Longish value is corrupted. Listing 7.1: Class_monitor. java 01: class Longish 02: { public int high; 03: public int low; 04: public long value(){ return ((long)high << 32) | (long)low; } 05: } 06: 07: public class ...
Allen Holub, 2000
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Report of a Working Group on Forages: sixth meeting 6-8 ...
Length Width Thickness Species (mm) (mm) (mm) Colour Shape Festuca nigrescens 3.5-6.0 0.5-1.0 0.5-0.8 light brown longish, one side sharpened Festuca 3.5-5.0 0.8-1.2 0.5-0.8 light brown longish, one side pseudodura sharpened Festuca ...
L. Maggioni, P. Marum, R. Sackville-Hamilton, 1998
10
Coryphantha: Cacti of Mexico and Southern USA
Axils recessed, longish, 8¥4 mm, in youth white-woolly.Radial spines 8–10, 2–3 of them on each side and 1 below pointing downwards, all subulate, straight, slightly curved to the body, 18–22 mm long, in the upper part of the areole 1–4 much ...
Reto Dicht, Adrian Lüthy, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LONGISH»

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Playoff Hole 2 - The New York Times
... Johnson birdied the second hole to take the lead in the playoff.Credit Lee Smith/Reuters. Three good drives, three decent approaches, and three longish putts. «New York Times, Jul 15»
2
Skywriting: Elkton author uses poetry to explore the skies
The last semester was focused on completing the thesis, which meant writing a longish paper in addition to finishing the novel. My novel was ... «Cecil Whig, Jul 15»
3
Louth and clear near Drogheda for €800k
The house is at the end of a longish driveway, behind electric cast-iron gates. The eight acres of land consist of railed paddocks and a lawned ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
4
Why the startup investing market is headed for a bust
... the (often faulty) structures that inform early-stage investing. In this rather longish read, I will explain why I think so and invite you to disagree. «YourStory.com, Jul 15»
5
Forgot this disloyal garbage, Fabian Delph had every right to make …
Sherwood is the latest in longish list of managers burdened by a financial straitjacket, who does not know if the owner is coming or going. «Eurosport.co.uk, Jul 15»
6
Montreal's Mile End
Mile End runs in a longish, narrow strip located within the larger Plateau Mont Royal section of the city. Before its recent reincarnation as ... «The New Orleans Advocate, Jul 15»
7
Wild wonders from Alonzo King LINES Ballet at Jacob's Pillow
In many of his works for the group, his dancers are moved and sculpted in a creaturely fashion, and in this longish piece, set to “bioacoustician” ... «Boston Globe, Jul 15»
8
Scion's iA delivers impressive value, zoom-zoom handling
The iA telegraphs sportiness with longish hood, abrupt rear deck and a sharply raked windshield. Do the tastefully executed arched character ... «Chron.com, Jul 15»
9
'Trainwreck' starts off with a bang, keeps laughs rolling
Apatow generally has trouble with his wrap-ups, and the final third or so of “Trainwreck” feels longish and full of detours. Several scenes (Amy's ... «Arizona Daily Sun, Jul 15»
10
New Movies: Ant-Man, Trainwreck and Irrational Man
Apatow generally has trouble with his wrap-ups, and the final third or so of “Trainwreck” feels longish and full of detours. Several scenes (Amy's ... «Bloomington Pantagraph, Jul 15»

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