Widowish

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Characteristic of a widow.

    "It was straight-cut, almost of a widowish severity, but on a young lady it appeared sophisticated rather than austere."

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divorcedseparatedwidowlikewidowy

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"It was straight-cut, almost of a widowish severity, but on a young lady it appeared sophisticated rather than austere."

Etymology

From widow + -ish.

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