a. [f. LONG a. + -ISH.] Somewhat long (in various senses).
1611. Cotgr., Longuet, longish, or somewhat long.
a. 1637. B. Jonson, Eng. Gram., I. iii. (1640), 36. E where it endeth a former Syllabe, it soundeth longish, but flat: as in dérive prépare, résolve.
1719. Quincy, Lex. Physico-Med. (ed. 2), 348. Such as have a longish Seed swelling out in the middle.
1794. Mrs. Radcliffe, Myst. Udolpho, xxv. A tall signor, with a longish face.
1884. Illustr. Lond. News, 30 Aug., 199/1. Ill lay longish odds I know Squire Cowcumbers way.
1889. R. Boldrewood, Robbery under Arms, xxxiv. Theyd had a longish day and a fast ride.
Comb. 1691. Lond. Gaz., No. 2666/4. A black brown Mare, round and longish Bodied. Ibid. (1709), No. 4526/4. She is of a middle Stature, somewhat thin and longish-Favourd.
1855[?]. Chr. Rossetti, in Ruskin, Rossetti, etc. (1899), 49. Three white longish-haired dogs.