bright
adjective
radiating or reflecting light; luminous; shining.
brightish
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a word derived from
bright.
Example Sentences
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It was a brightish kind of starlight night.
From Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields by Rolf Boldrewood
Her brightish blue dress, of rough cloth, was nothing particular, notwithstanding the fit of it.
From The Shuttle by Frances Hodgson Burnett
They were ripe, each about the size of a small chicken’s egg, the skin of a brightish yellow.
From In the Eastern Seas by William Henry Giles Kingston
For the first four days there was no hæmoptysis, but for the succeeding nine days small brightish red clots were expectorated.
From Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre by George Henry Makins
I hope so, for they are the only brightish stars anywhere near Polaris.
From Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know Easy studies of the earth and the stars for any time and place by Julia Ellen Rogers
