stoutish
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of stoutish
Example Sentences
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Of the men, one caught first attention-a stoutish man in a pincenez, with a broad waistcoat crossed by a gold watch-chain, who spent most of his time standing beside a blackboard.
From Time Magazine Archive
Bernanos is now 54, stoutish, heavy-shouldered, with a grey mustache and grey hair.
From Time Magazine Archive
Short, stoutish Mr. Gravell says he is "about 60."
From Time Magazine Archive
Wallace Irwin is short, stoutish, always smiling through his glasses and snapping his eyes as he talks in little grunting periods.
From Time Magazine Archive
The speaker was a stoutish man with deep brown eyes: the first man from the bridge.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
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