sweetish

American  

[swee-tish] / ˈswi tɪʃ /

adjective

1. somewhat sweet.

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Other Word Forms

• sweetishly adverb
• sweetishness noun

Etymology

Origin of sweetish

First recorded in 1570–80; sweet + -ish ¹

Example Sentences

Our supermarket loaf, which accounts for 80% of all the bread bought in the UK, is sweetish, soft and pappy.

From The Guardian • Oct. 10, 2019

The sweetish, mapley-flavored coconut bacon seemed possibly defensible, but each time was so thin and scant, it shattered and fell out.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 12, 2019

In April, I tried to persuade you to ignore any prejudices you might have against lambrusco as the sweetish red your mother may have kept in the refrigerator door.

From Washington Post • Jun. 13, 2019

But actually it’s about the bread, which looks sort of like a puffy little canoe and is sweetish, softly absorbent and, perhaps most importantly, has closed ends.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2017

It smelled steamy and damp, like a jungle, and there was another smell, too, sweetish and rotten.

From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill