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goodish

/ˈɡʊdɪʃ/

goodish adjective: rather good than the contrary; not actually bad; tolerable.

Adjective

goodish (not comparable)

  1. Rather good than the contrary; not actually bad; tolerable.
    • I heard him speak, and he had a goodish accent, as of a clerk or shopwalker.1933 January 9, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter XXXIII, in Down and Out in Paris and London, London: Victor Gollancz […], →OCLC
  2. Considerable; goodly.
    • The white rock, visible enough above the brush, was still some eighth of a mile further down the spit, and it took me a goodish while to get up with it, crawling, often on all fours, among the scrub.1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, “part 5”, in Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC

Origin of goodish

From good + -ish.

Words formed from goodish

Questions about goodish

What does goodish mean?
Goodish means rather good than the contrary; not actually bad; tolerable.
What part of speech is goodish?
Goodish is an adjective.
How do you pronounce goodish?
Goodish is pronounced /ˈɡʊdɪʃ/.

Words near goodish in the dictionary

  1. goodiness
  2. gooding
  3. Gooding County
  4. Goodings
  5. Goodins
  6. goodish
  7. goodishness
  8. goodist
  9. goodists
  10. Goodjion
  11. Goodjoine

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