a. [f. LONG a. + -ISH.] Somewhat long (in various senses).

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1611.  Cotgr., Longuet, longish, or somewhat long.

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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.

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1719.  Quincy, Lex. Physico-Med. (ed. 2), 348. Such as have a longish Seed swelling out in the middle.

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1794.  Mrs. Radcliffe, Myst. Udolpho, xxv. A tall signor, with a longish face.

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1884.  Illustr. Lond. News, 30 Aug., 199/1. I’ll lay longish odds I know Squire Cowcumber’s way.

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1889.  ‘R. Boldrewood,’ Robbery under Arms, xxxiv. They’d had a longish day and a fast ride.

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  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-Favour’d.

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1855[?].  Chr. Rossetti, in Ruskin, Rossetti, etc. (1899), 49. Three white longish-haired dogs.

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