Goodish
//ˈɡʊdɪʃ// adj
adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Rather good than the contrary; not actually bad; tolerable. not-comparable
"I heard him speak, and he had a goodish accent, as of a clerk or shopwalker."
- 2 Considerable; goodly. not-comparable
"The white rock, visible enough above the brush, was still some eighth of a mile further down the spit, and it took me a goodish while to get up with it, crawling, often on all fours, among the scrub."
Adjective
- 1 large in amount or extent or degree wordnet
- 2 moderately good of its kind wordnet
Example
More examples"I heard him speak, and he had a goodish accent, as of a clerk or shopwalker."
Etymology
From good + -ish.
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