largish

English

Etymology

large +‎ -ish

Adjective

largish (not comparable)

Somewhat large.
- 1997, Douglas Adams, The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide:
  […] in Ford Prefect's satchel were a few ballpoints, a notepad and a largish bath towel from Marks and Spencer.
- 2017, Anthony J. McMichael, Alistair Woodward, Cameron Muir, Climate Change and the Health of Nations, →ISBN, page 19:
  Humans, buffered by cultural and behavioral options, can often tolerate largish changes in climatic conditions.

Translations

somewhat large

Finnish: suurehko (fi), kookkaanpuoleinen
Greek: μεγαλούτσικος (el) (megaloútsikos)
Russian: великова́тый (ru) (velikovátyj)

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