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drawish

drawish adjective: being a game, or a particular position in a game, deemed likely to end in a draw.

Adjective

drawish (comparative more drawish, superlative most drawish)

  1. Being a game, or a particular position in a game, deemed likely to end in a draw.
    • The Petroff is considered a very drawish opening.
    • Ding initiates the pawn exchange (19 cxb5 axb5). A couple more material exchanges follow with 20 Nf4 exf4 21 Bxc6 Bxb2 22 Qxb2 Rb8. The position is looking drawish after the abrupt liquidation.2024 December 12, Bryan Armen Graham, “Gukesh Dommaraju defeats Ding Liren in World Chess Championship Game 14 – live updates”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News &...

Forms of drawish

comparativemore drawish
superlativemost drawish

Origin of drawish

From draw + -ish.

Questions about drawish

What does drawish mean?
Drawish means being a game, or a particular position in a game, deemed likely to end in a draw.
What part of speech is drawish?
Drawish is an adjective.

Words near drawish in the dictionary

  1. drawing-room
  2. drawing-rooms
  3. drawingroom
  4. drawingrooms
  5. drawings
  6. drawish
  7. drawk
  8. drawkcab
  9. drawked
  10. drawking
  11. drawknife

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