broad
adjective
of great breadth.
broadish
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a word derived from
broad.
Example Sentences
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Vertically out of the cocoa-nut rises a pipe which ends in a long bowl holding the Tambac, which is a second species of tobacco having broadish yellow leaves worked up with wet.
From Memoir and Letters of Francis W. Newman by Giberne Sieveking
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 Sidney Gilpin
"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 Thomas Hardy
The crocus succeeds in any fairly good garden soil, and is usually planted near the edges of beds or borders in the flower garden, or in broadish patches at intervals along the mixed borders.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various
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 Frederick Herman Martens
