Stoutish

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    reasonably stout, somewhat stout not-comparable

    "Descending to the office to buy some postcards, the boys found, lounging about the desk, a stoutish man with a rather dissipated face, puffy under the eyes and heavy about the jaws."

Example

More examples

"Descending to the office to buy some postcards, the boys found, lounging about the desk, a stoutish man with a rather dissipated face, puffy under the eyes and heavy about the jaws."

Etymology

From stout + -ish.

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