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familyish

familyish adjective: suitable for, or characteristic of, family.

Adjective

familyish (comparative more familyish, superlative most familyish)

  1. (informal) Suitable for, or characteristic of, family.
    • Her new neighborhood had to be “more familyish, less hipsterish,” and preferably near Prospect Park, which she liked better than McCarren Park, so packed with exercisers that it felt like an athletic field.2009 August 16, Joyce Cohen, “Pickiness Pays Off for an Apartment Hunter”, in New York Times

Forms of familyish

comparativemore familyish
superlativemost familyish

Origin of familyish

From family + -ish.

Questions about familyish

What does familyish mean?
Familyish means suitable for, or characteristic of, family.
What part of speech is familyish?
Familyish is an adjective.

Words near familyish in the dictionary

  1. family-valuers
  2. familygram
  3. familygrams
  4. familyhood
  5. familying
  6. familyish
  7. familyism
  8. familyist
  9. familyists
  10. familyless
  11. familylessness

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