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形容詞

longish ‎(not comparable)

1. Somewhat long.
   • 1922, Rudyard Kipling, "A St. Helena Lullaby," lines 17-20, in Rudyard Kipling's Verse, Garden City: Doubleday, [1]

     "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!)

   • 1941, Emily Carr, Klee Wyck, Chapter 16, [2]

     She had a longish face scribbled all over with wrinkles.

   It was a longish time before I received a reply to my letter.