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smilish

smilish adjective: smiling; inclined to smile.

Adjective

smilish (comparative more smilish, superlative most smilish)

  1. (dialectal, rare) Smiling; inclined to smile.
    • Fred turned over a new sheet, looked back at us and did that smilish thing with his teeth.2013, Charles Gordon, The Grim Pig, McClelland & Stewart, →ISBN

Forms of smilish

comparativemore smilish
superlativemost smilish

Origin of smilish

From smile + -ish.

Questions about smilish

What does smilish mean?
Smilish means smiling; inclined to smile.
What part of speech is smilish?
Smilish is an adjective.

Words near smilish in the dictionary

  1. smiling like a mule eating briars
  2. smilingest
  3. smilingly
  4. smilingness
  5. smilings
  6. smilish
  7. Smillie
  8. Smillies
  9. smilodon
  10. smilodons
  11. smilodontine

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