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underwaterish

underwaterish adjective: as if underwater.

Adjective

underwaterish (comparative more underwaterish, superlative most underwaterish)

  1. As if underwater.
    • The scene around her—the buildings, the people—all appeared underwaterish—insubstantial and weaving.2000, Robert K. Wen, Love Across the Pacific, →ISBN, page 131
    • With lovely, underwaterish movements, she settled her wide-trunked body into her chair, and there she would remain, expecting to be waited upon by those around her, which indeed nearly always happened.2006, Anne Crosby, Matthew: A Memoir, →ISBN, page 51

Forms of underwaterish

comparativemore underwaterish
superlativemost underwaterish

Origin of underwaterish

From underwater + -ish.

Questions about underwaterish

What does underwaterish mean?
Underwaterish means as if underwater.
What part of speech is underwaterish?
Underwaterish is an adjective.

Words near underwaterish in the dictionary

  1. underwater hockey
  2. underwater lake
  3. underwater rugby
  4. underwatered
  5. underwatering
  6. underwaterish
  7. underwaters
  8. underwave
  9. underwaves
  10. underway
  11. underways

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