highish en · ADJ
Etymology
From high + -ish.
Meanings
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Somewhat high.
Reading Barron, though, I realized that part of the reason his stories leave me cold is that they assume, as too much genre fiction does, a highish level of reader credulity, and I resent it.
2008 January 27, Terrence Rafferty, “Doesn’t Scare Easily”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most highish | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more highish | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |