fairish
Americanadjective
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moderately good, large, or well.
a fairish income.
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moderately light in color.
a fairish complexion.
adjective
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moderately good, well, etc
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(of the hair, complexion, etc) moderately light in colour
Etymology
Origin of fairish
Example Sentences
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A fairish number of "parents" are disposed of before Lieberman finally catches up with and confronts the wicked Mengele in a Pennsylvania farmhouse.
From Time Magazine Archive
Suddenly, to the amazement of Marine pilots and mechanics, a Japanese twin-engined bomber, its wheels still retracted, glided in and scraped down the runway to a fairish belly landing.
From Time Magazine Archive
On reaching it, some large trees, with the usual creepers spreading over them, made a fairish shield against the expected pelting shower.
From Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa by A. W. (Alfred Wilks) Drayson
There are the evening papers; or perhaps you'll be interested by those cabinet bits—jades and scarabs and junk of that sort; a few fairish pieces of Greek glass—that Tanagra isn't bad, nor those Limoges enamels.
From Ewing\'s Lady by Harry Leon Wilson
Tell him I can give him some fairish shooting, and will do all I can to make you both comfortable.
From A Charming Fellow, Volume II (of 3) by Frances Eleanor Trollope
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