sweetish
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The bright, sweetish, clear liqueur is the color of a cat’s eye, and it hits the tongue like a fairy spell, otherworldly and arcane, floral, grassy and herbaceously vibrant.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 6, 2022
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
But this is not the sweetish bubblegummy wine of the ’80s; rather, it’s a vibrant dry rosé with enough heft to match up with hearty, garlicky dishes or charcuterie.
From Washington Post • Aug. 4, 2017
In any other meal, the sweetish, lightly sautéed crustacean dish would have been the standout.
From New York Times • May 16, 2017
It was sweetish and not at all unpleasant.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
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