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thinnish

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[thin-ish] / ˈθɪn ɪʃ /

adjective

  1. somewhat thin.


Etymology

Origin of thinnish

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

Example Sentences

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A thinnish, bruise-purple rubber tube serves as the strap.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 15, 2022

It's a long, thinnish strand of pasta, but then you already knew that, because who doesn't know what spaghetti looks like?

From Salon • Jan. 22, 2022

In photographs from those years, he does not have the tough-nut look of many touts: he had a long, thinnish face, a cheeky smile and ever-present shades.

From The Guardian • Dec. 1, 2016

Thick woods were on the left and, on our right, a thinnish strip of trees blocking our view of the beach, where, it had been made clear, bears loved to wander.

From New York Times • Aug. 6, 2015

"I hear you seen something of a thinnish, dark feller named Bard."

From Trailin'! by Brand, Max