Cleanish

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Somewhat clean (all senses).

    "On one flat street I passed a junkyard, littered with the carcasses of old cars. […] As I wound my way through the discards a temporary solution sprang to my mind. I would find a clean or cleanish car and spend the night in it."

Example

More examples

"On one flat street I passed a junkyard, littered with the carcasses of old cars. […] As I wound my way through the discards a temporary solution sprang to my mind. I would find a clean or cleanish car and spend the night in it."

Etymology

From clean + -ish.

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