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silentish

silentish adjective: somewhat silent.

Adjective

silentish (comparative more silentish, superlative most silentish)

  1. (rare) Somewhat silent.
    • Not absolutely silent of course, but silentish!1924, Ford Madox Ford, Some Do Not… (Parade's End), Penguin, published 2012, page 130

Forms of silentish

comparativemore silentish
superlativemost silentish

Origin of silentish

From silent + -ish.

Questions about silentish

What does silentish mean?
Silentish means somewhat silent.
What part of speech is silentish?
Silentish is an adjective.

Words near silentish in the dictionary

  1. silentiaries
  2. silentiary
  3. silentious
  4. silentiously
  5. silentiousness
  6. silentish
  7. silently
  8. silentness
  9. silentnesses
  10. silents
  11. Silenus

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