platformish

platformish adjective: resembling or characteristic of a platform (in various senses).

Adjective

platformish (comparative more platformish, superlative most platformish)

Resembling or characteristic of a platform (in various senses).
- […] and partly platformish, that speech still reads true in fact and spirit. But "not half the ordeal people make out"? Mere bravado!1935, Eliot Crawshay-Williams, Simple Story: An Accidental Autobiography, page 102
- […] platformish, multiple product sort of existence, utilizes the new Macromedia Open Architecture (MOA), which is an application programming interface, or really more of a programming framework.1996, Tab Julius, Lingo!, page 330

It was more self-righteousness and dogmatic and platformish, more "you have to do it this way, sister, you have to do it this way."1999, Gail S. Bernstein, Human Services? That Must be So Rewarding, page 188:
A jagged but platformish outcrop of rock just offshore made landing there feasible when Sydney Bay's prevailing winds prevented any thought of landing across the reef.2001, Colleen McCullough, Morgan's Run, page 625:

comparative	more platformish
superlative	most platformish

platform + -ish

What does platformish mean?: Platformish means resembling or characteristic of a platform (in various senses).
How do you use platformish in a sentence?: It was more self-righteousness and dogmatic and platformish, more "you have to do it this way, sister, you have to do it this way."
What part of speech is platformish?: Platformish is an adjective.

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