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safeish

safeish adjective: somewhat safe.

Adjective

safeish (not comparable)

  1. Somewhat safe.
    • Before 1914 Newport had been a fairly safe Liberal seat, and after 1945 it was a safeish Labour seat which fell to the Tories only in the 1980s heyday of Thatcherism.1997, Chris Cook, John Ramsden, By-elections in British politics

Origin of safeish

From safe + -ish.

Questions about safeish

What does safeish mean?
Safeish means somewhat safe.
What part of speech is safeish?
Safeish is an adjective.

Words near safeish in the dictionary

  1. safehavens
  2. safehold
  3. safeholds
  4. safehouse
  5. safehouses
  6. safeish
  7. safek
  8. safekeep
  9. safekeeper
  10. safekeepers
  11. safekeeping

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