widish
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of widish
Example Sentences
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Anderson hasn't quite slotted into the groove yet this morning, still too many widish balls.
From BBC • May 30, 2010
Ryan Sidebottom's first delivery against New Zealand on Monday was a widish length ball that Brendon McCullum smashed square to the boundary.
From The Guardian • May 13, 2010
A dark, widish man, son of a landowner and tobacco magnate who had kept his Turkish citizenship, he was born 43 years ago at Nikolaev in the Russian Ukraine.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was now about thirty, had yellow hair, blue eyes, a smiling face, widish mouth, always a little open, nose a little turned up, whistled a good deal, and walked with a peculiar dance-like lilt.
From Miriam's Schooling and Other Papers by Rutherford, Mark
In half an hour the plan of campaign was settled, the horses were saddled up and the seven hunters, spreading out in a widish line, advanced upon their game.
From From Veldt Camp Fires by Bryden, H.A.
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