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rightish

British

/ ˈraɪtɪʃ /

adjective

somewhat right, esp politically

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The past week I’ve talked to two historians, one rightish, one leftish, and both conversations turned toward Thomas Jefferson’s stinging bill of particulars against King George III in the Declaration of Independence.

From The Wall Street Journal

What’s the part that seems more rightish, and the part that seems more leftish?

From The Guardian

In a country split down the middle between leftish and rightish, why would it be harmful to have a new category?

From The Wall Street Journal

And from the top there, nor is the fact that a rightish government is spending upon roads, given the English political background, where a leftish government might well have allocated the same funds to railways.

From Forbes

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