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slackish

slackish adjective: somewhat slack.

Adjective

slackish (comparative more slackish, superlative most slackish)

  1. Somewhat slack.
    • He is shabbily smart, and looks what he is, a slackish, hard-drinking unsuccessful man of forty-two.2001, J. B. Priestley, An Inspector Calls and Other Plays, →ISBN
    • A slackish kicking strap allows the top of the mainsail to fall off forward in the heaviest gusts.2009, Eric Twiname, Start to Win: The Classic Text, →ISBN, page 106

Forms of slackish

comparativemore slackish
superlativemost slackish

Origin of slackish

From slack + -ish.

Questions about slackish

What does slackish mean?
Slackish means somewhat slack.
What part of speech is slackish?
Slackish is an adjective.

Words near slackish in the dictionary

  1. slackhanded
  2. slackhandedness
  3. slacking
  4. slacking off
  5. slacking up
  6. slackish
  7. slackjawed
  8. slackline
  9. slacklined
  10. slackliner
  11. slackliners

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