fastish
fastish adjective: rather fast.
Adjective
fastish (comparative more fastish, superlative most fastish)
- Rather fast.
- She's from Harwich; fastish, too, an' hez good luck; but dad he'd find fish in a graveyard.1896 November – 1897 May, Rudyard Kipling, “Captains Courageous”, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, published 1897, →OCLC
- Even the unashamed crib from Lohengrin in the middle section (D flat major) of the slow movement has a Dvořákian freshness, particularly when, as here, [Istvan] Kertesz adopts a fastish speed – faster than the score would strictly allow – and deliberately lightents the texture.1977, Edward Greenfield, Robert Layton, Ivan March, “[Dvořák, Antonín (1841–1904)] Symphony No. 3 […]; Hussite overture, […]”, in Ivan March, editor, The Penguin Stereo Record Guide (Penguin...
Forms of fastish
| comparative | more fastish |
|---|---|
| superlative | most fastish |
Origin of fastish
From fast + -ish.
Questions about fastish
- What does fastish mean?
- Fastish means rather fast.
- What part of speech is fastish?
- Fastish is an adjective.
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