roughish

[ruhf-ish]

adjective

1. rather rough.

   a roughish sea.

roughish

/ ˈrʌfɪʃ /

adjective

1. somewhat rough

Word History and Origins

Origin of roughish¹

First recorded in 1755–65; rough + -ish ¹

Example Sentences

One of his interviewees described the smell as "roughish but not as bad as you might think", but there were places "where they tell me the foul air will cause instant death".

From BBC

Culm 1–2° high; leaves roughish; panicle open; glumes unequal, lanceolate, their midrib and the pedicels rough.—N.

From Project Gutenberg

It is a perennial plant, producing annually several long twining roughish striated stems, which twist from left to right, are often 15 to 20 ft. long and climb freely over hedges and bushes.

From Project Gutenberg

Leaves.—Ovate to oblong-lanceolate; three to six inches long; dark green; roughish.

From Project Gutenberg

This tree sometimes rises to a great height, and is covered with a roughish bark.

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