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cityish

cityish adjective: resembling or characteristic of a city; urban.

Adjective

cityish (comparative more cityish, superlative most cityish)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a city; urban.
    • I am really looking for a place that has a home like community feel to it, not cityish, but more rurallike, where the people are generally nice and there are things to do and see.2011 February 14, sirstand, City-Data

Forms of cityish

comparativemore cityish
superlativemost cityish

Origin of cityish

From city + -ish.

Questions about cityish

What does cityish mean?
Cityish means resembling or characteristic of a city; urban.
What part of speech is cityish?
Cityish is an adjective.

Words near cityish in the dictionary

  1. cityfied
  2. cityful
  3. cityfuls
  4. cityfy
  5. cityhood
  6. cityish
  7. cityite
  8. cityites
  9. cityless
  10. citylessness
  11. citylike

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