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
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 Wilson, Harry Leon
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 Drayson, A. W. (Alfred Wilks)
Then he surveyed the putting-green—about half a mile away—through his glasses, and remarked that it was a fairish shot, the ball being within three inches of the hole.
From Mr. Punch's Golf Stories by Various
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