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shadowish

shadowish adjective: shadowy; vague.

Adjective

shadowish (comparative more shadowish, superlative most shadowish)

  1. (obsolete) Shadowy; vague.
    • ours being that truth whereof theirs was but a shadowish prefigurative resemblance[1594], Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Iohn Windet, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page)

Forms of shadowish

comparativemore shadowish
superlativemost shadowish

Origin of shadowish

From shadow + -ish.

Words formed from shadowish

Questions about shadowish

What does shadowish mean?
Shadowish means shadowy; vague.
What part of speech is shadowish?
Shadowish is an adjective.

Words near shadowish in the dictionary

  1. shadowily
  2. shadowiness
  3. shadowinesses
  4. shadowing
  5. shadowings
  6. shadowish
  7. shadowishly
  8. shadowland
  9. shadowlands
  10. shadowless
  11. shadowlessness

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