broad
adjective
of great breadth.
broadish
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a word derived from
broad.
Example Sentences
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"He seemed a well-be-doing man—had grey hair and a broadish face; but he gave no name, and no message."
From The Mayor of Casterbridge by Hardy, Thomas
Low down in the west was a long, broadish bar of orange light, crossed by the black pines on the hill half a mile away.
From More Pages from a Journal by Rutherford, Mark
The head is of the marked dolichocephalic type, flattened at the sides, face is oval more or less, with thick eyebrows, eyes rather prominent, nose broadish and long, lower jaw prominent and firm.
From The Glands Regulating Personality by Berman, Louis, M.D.
Getting communicative with those around, he threw out some broadish hints that he thought he could dance a hornpipe or jig better than the dancing-master himself.
From Wrestling and Wrestlers: Biographical Sketches of Celebrated Athletes of the Northern Ring; to Which is Added Notes on Bull and Badger Baiting by Gilpin, Sidney
The back is a single piece of maple-wood, having a broadish figure extending across its breadth.
From Violin Mastery Talks with Master Violinists and Teachers by Martens, Frederick Herman
