Safeish

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Somewhat safe. not-comparable

    "Before 1914 Newport had been a fairly safe Liberal seat, and after 1945 it was a safeish Labour seat which fell to the Tories only in the 1980s heyday of Thatcherism."

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"Before 1914 Newport had been a fairly safe Liberal seat, and after 1945 it was a safeish Labour seat which fell to the Tories only in the 1980s heyday of Thatcherism."

Etymology

From safe + -ish.

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