lightish
1 Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of lightish1
First recorded in 1650–60; light 1 + -ish 1
Origin of lightish2
Example Sentences
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Honestly, her quirkiness works a lot better on this lightish TV show than it did in those movies.
From Slate ● Jan. 29, 2021
Where many contraltos are endowed with the lightish, dusky equivalent of a viola, her voice — immense, deep, velvety and burnished — put a cello at her command.
From New York Times ● Apr. 12, 2012
Her eyes were blue and large and meaningless and rather prominent, and her lightish eyelashes seemed to give no shade to them.
From Beyond The Rocks A Love Story by Glyn, Elinor
It was fully seven feet in height, with powerful, stout legs, while its wings were so small that they could not be distinguished from its lightish brown and grey plumage.
From Adventures in Australia by Kingston, William Henry Giles
His hair was of a good lightish brown, and not worn after any fashion.
From George Borrow The Man and His Books by Thomas, Edward
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