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ovalish

ovalish adjective: approximately oval-shaped.

Adjective

ovalish (comparative more ovalish, superlative most ovalish)

  1. Approximately oval-shaped.
    • Our native water arum has long-stalked, thick, coarse leaves that are ovalish and about three inches long.1996, Norman Taylor, 1001 Questions Answered About Flowers, page 31
    • An ovalish circumscribed opacity with blurred margins is seen in an upper position behind the areola, with the same density as the surrounding fibroglandular tissue.2005, Vincenzo Lattanzio, Giovanni Simonetti, Guide to Interpreting, Recording, and Auditing Mammograhic Images, page 42

Forms of ovalish

comparativemore ovalish
superlativemost ovalish

Origin of ovalish

From oval + -ish.

Questions about ovalish

What does ovalish mean?
Ovalish means approximately oval-shaped.
What part of speech is ovalish?
Ovalish is an adjective.

Words near ovalish in the dictionary

  1. ovaline
  2. ovaling
  3. ovalisation
  4. ovalisations
  5. ovalise
  6. ovalish
  7. ovalities
  8. ovality
  9. ovalization
  10. ovalizations
  11. ovalize

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