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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

Limby had a flattish nose and a widish mouth, and his eyes were a little out of the right line.

From Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12) Classic Tales and Old-Fashioned Stories by Mabie, Hamilton Wright

In our room, four benches were arranged into a pair of widish couches; mattresses were given us and coarse hand-woven rugs.

From The Luck of Thirteen Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro and Serbia by Gordon, Cora

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