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longish

[lawng-ish, long-] / ˈlɔŋ ɪʃ, ˈlɒŋ- /






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Walking on a balcony, I turned a corner, and there he was, tall and slender, with soulful brown eyes and a longish mop of brown hair threatening to hide them.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 15, 2025

When the original One City, One Book program premiered in 1998, it bore the longish but highly descriptive and aspirational title, “If All Seattle Read the Same Book.”

From Seattle Times • Sep. 15, 2022

It pictures him with longish hair and a dark cap, casting a sideways glance at the viewer.

From New York Times • Jun. 24, 2022

To show what I mean, let me quote a longish paragraph from her latest book, “Esmond and Ilia,” a double portrait of her parents during the first years of their marriage.

From Washington Post • Jun. 8, 2022

He had longish brown hair and big brown eyes and wore a navy-blue hoodie.

From "Goodbye Stranger" by Rebecca Stead




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