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widish

American  
[wahy-dish] / ˈwaɪ dɪʃ /

adjective

  1. rather wide; tending to be wide.

    a widish bookcase; widish hips.


Etymology

Origin of widish

First recorded in 1770–80; wide + -ish 1

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 Mark Rutherford

Behind thar war some widish channels, and some of the boats had gone round thar to cut 'em off if they took to swimming.

From Captain Bayley's Heir: A Tale of the Gold Fields of California by H. M. (Henry Marriott) Paget

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