cleanish en · ADJ
Etymology
From clean + -ish.
Meanings
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Somewhat clean (all senses).
On one flat street I passed a junkyard, littered with the carcasses of old cars. […] As I wound my way through the discards a temporary solution sprang to my mind. I would find a clean or cleanish car and spend the night in it.
1969, Maya Angelou, chapter 32, in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, New York: Bantam, published 1971, page 213:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most cleanish | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more cleanish | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |