fairish
Example Sentences
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A fairish number of "parents" are disposed of before Lieberman finally catches up with and confronts the wicked Mengele in a Pennsylvania farmhouse.
From Time Magazine Archive
Suddenly, to the amazement of Marine pilots and mechanics, a Japanese twin-engined bomber, its wheels still retracted, glided in and scraped down the runway to a fairish belly landing.
From Time Magazine Archive
She's thought a fairish sailor, and has doffed her Crown, but see, She's clutching at the gunwale, too, as nervous as can be.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, 1890.05.10 by Various
With him it is never warm, but warmish; the bluest sky is bluish; a June day, fairish; a twenty-mile walk, longish.
From Horace Chase by Woolson, Constance Fenimore
"Well, I am a fairish good hand at drawing a cork," said Bertram, as he left the room.
From The Bertrams by Trollope, Anthony
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
