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kindish

kindish adjective: somewhat or rather kind.

Adjective

kindish (not comparable)

  1. Somewhat or rather kind.
    • This was some months after Leah was first absent, when the phone calls from the Centre were still semi-regular – the kindish, professional-sounding voices telling me they were doing all they could.2022, Julia Armfield, Our Wives Under the Sea, Picador, page 13

Origin of kindish

From kind + -ish.

Questions about kindish

What does kindish mean?
Kindish means somewhat or rather kind.
What part of speech is kindish?
Kindish is an adjective.

Words near kindish in the dictionary

  1. kindie rock
  2. kindies
  3. kindiful
  4. Kindig
  5. Kindigs
  6. kindish
  7. kindjal
  8. kindjals
  9. kindle
  10. kindle-coal
  11. kindle-coals

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