tallish

[ taw-lish ]

adjective

1. rather tall.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tallish¹

First recorded in 1740–50; tall + -ish ¹

Example Sentences

The bones were at first said to be those of a short man and then those of a tallish woman, and then they were lost.

From The Daily Beast

I saw a tallish man whisper in the prisoner's ear during the hearing.

From Project Gutenberg

It was easy to recognize her in the slender, tallish girl, with masses of fair hair, and clad in the simplest of white frocks.

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Except myself, and a tallish snow-wreathed figure—a woman apparently—not a living being was to be seen.

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A tallish, good-looking young man of one or two and twenty, with a light whisker.

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One, a tallish man with a freckled face, sidled past me and ran swiftly towards the p. 128station.

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