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
A thick-set gent with lightish hair, and round full face.
From The Child Wife by Reid, Mayne
The eyes that he used so hardily were of a lightish brown, speckled with darker colour; and above them the dark eyebrows grew close together, making almost an unbroken line across his brow.
From Mrs. Thompson A Novel by Maxwell, W. B. (William Babington)
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