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biggish

American  
[big-ish] / ˈbɪg ɪʃ /

adjective

  1. rather or fairly big.


Etymology

Origin of biggish

First recorded in 1620–30; big 1 + -ish 1

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Where others in the segment are biggish, it is smallish.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 11, 2025

You definitely shouldn't panic but there is a biggish asteroid about to pass by Earth in the coming hours.

From BBC Jan. 26, 2023

That sounds like a lot, because it’s a biggish round number, and casual news consumers have been programmed to interpret any drop in the Dow of more than 500 points as cataclysmic.

From Slate Feb. 5, 2018

Having a biggish domestic market also means the many small firms don’t feel any need to try exporting.

From Economist Dec. 8, 2016

There was only one middle school, one high school, one biggish grocery store, and one run-down city pool, but about one million beauty parlors and churches.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry

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