longish

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English long Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English longish From long + -ish.

1. Somewhat long.

   “1922, Rudyard Kipling, "A St. Helena Lullaby," lines 17-20, in Rudyard Kipling's Verse, Garden City: Doubleday, http://www.bartleby.com/364/294.html "How far is St. Helena from the Capes of Trafalgar?" / A longish way—a longish way—with ten year more to run. / It's South across the water underneath a falling star. / (What you cannot finish you must leave undone!)”

   “She had a longish face scribbled all over with wrinkles.”