fairish

[ fair-ish ]
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adjective
  1. moderately good, large, or well: a fairish income.

  2. moderately light in color: a fairish complexion.

Origin of fairish

1
First recorded in 1605–15; fair1 + -ish1

Words Nearby fairish

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How to use fairish in a sentence

  • A couple of fairish paddles were chipped out of bits of driftwood, and a towline a hundred feet long was made of lariats.

    Overland | John William De Forest
  • Tell him I can give him some fairish shooting, and will do all I can to make you both comfortable.

    A Charming Fellow, Volume II (of 3) | Frances Eleanor Trollope
  • "fairish," the other replied evasively; and Taylor grew suspicious.

    Colonial Born | G. Firth Scott
  • The majority were Russian and French with a fairish sprinkling of Belgians.

  • On the whole, it's a fairish game: you know the odds against you, as you don't on the Turf or the Bourse.

British Dictionary definitions for fairish

fairish

/ (ˈfɛərɪʃ) /


adjective
  1. moderately good, well, etc

  2. (of the hair, complexion, etc) moderately light in colour

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