bright
adjective
radiating or reflecting light; luminous; shining.
brightish
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a word derived from
bright.
Example Sentences
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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
His speech was brightish, cleverish, and yet there was something wanting.
From Sketches in the House (1893) by T. P. O'Conner
It would be an easy thing to see that stick in daylight; it was a brightish yellow colour and would be easily distinguished against the prevalent greens and browns around there.
From The Borough Treasurer by J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher
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
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
