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flattish

[flat-ish]
adjective
  1. somewhat flat.
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Origin of flattish

First recorded in 1605–15; flat1 + -ish1
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Examples from the Web for flattish

Historical Examples of flattish

  • A broad and flattish inflorescence, the central flowers of which bloom first.

    Michigan Trees

    Charles Herbert Otis

  • Petals 5, united below into a bell-shaped or flattish corolla.

  • The stone was round, flattish, with rather an uneven surface.

    From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan

    Helena Pretrovna Blavatsky

  • The seed pods are small, flattish oval in shape and contain but one seed.

  • Since fluorides are weak mechanically, the terrain is flattish.

    Uller Uprising

    Henry Beam Piper, John D. Clark and John F. Carr

British Dictionary definitions for flattish

flattish

adjective
  1. somewhat flat
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