fortyish
Americanadjective
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approaching or around the age of 40 years.
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around the number 40 or a quantity of 40.
Etymology
Origin of fortyish
Example Sentences
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In 1948, when she was 23, her hair was streaked with gray so she could play a fortyish newspaper publisher with a yen for Spencer Tracy in “State of the Union.”
From Washington Times • Oct. 11, 2022
Tall and fortyish, Sollinger was a brilliant, quirky figure who wore red socks every day and had an encyclopedic grasp of world affairs.
From The New Yorker • Aug. 31, 2015
Photograph: Bettmann/Corbis Pandora Halfdanarson is fortyish, an improbably successful businesswoman, stepmother to two teenagers, living in a desiccated marriage to Fletcher.
From The Guardian • May 25, 2013
Anna, a demur, fortyish functionary in a nameless government agency, has been called into the office of her superior, known here only as The Director.
From Time • Jan. 29, 2013
His hair was graying slightly at the temples, with a fortyish hairline.
From Check and Checkmate by Miller, Walter M.
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