Longish and Short

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Longish adjective - Somewhat long.

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Short is an antonym for longish in extended in space or time topic.

Short adjective - Not lasting for a considerable time.

Usage example: fortunately for those of us in the hot sun, the graduation speech was short and to the point

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Longish is an antonym for short.

Rika has short hair instead of long hair, Satoko has longish hair instead of short hair, and the teens look similar if they aren't in their Higurashi costumes (which they usually aren't).

Source: Adaptation Dye-Job aka: Adaptational Dye Job
The weasels in Who Framed Roger Rabbit have short, stubby tails rather than longish catlike tails like real weasels.

Source: Cartoony Tail
In the William Hartnell-era story "The Chase", the Doctor encounters Steven, who has been living in a People Zoo with no human contact for two years, and so bears longish, unkempt hair and a short beard.

Source: Unnecessary Makeover

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