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roundish

American  
[roun-dish] / ˈraʊn dɪʃ /

adjective

  1. somewhat round.

    a roundish man; roundish furniture.


roundish British  
/ ˈraʊndɪʃ /

adjective

  1. somewhat round

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of roundish

First recorded in 1535–45; round 1 + -ish 1

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It reached Bennu two years later and, using a long stick vacuum, grabbed rubble from the small roundish space rock in 2020.

From Washington Times Sep. 24, 2023

Later a grayish fabric that looked like an abandoned honeycomb was molded into a cropped, roundish jacket and court skirt.

From New York Times Mar. 9, 2022

The big, black, roundish, carbon-rich space rock — taller than New York’s Empire State Building — was around when our solar system was forming 4.5 billion years ago.

From Seattle Times Oct. 18, 2020

As I recall, you couldn’t quite stand upright in it without banging your head on the ceiling; and the front door was this roundish little hobbit door that required you to stoop over to enter.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 2, 2018

A small, roundish shape scattered along the ground nearby.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older

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