sharpish en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree English sharp Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English sharpish From sharp + -ish.
Meanings
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(informal, not-comparable) Somewhat sharp (sudden, abrupt).
On straights speed would quicken to what was apparently the maximum allowed on this stretch, 140 k.p.h., or 87.5 m.p.h., and then one would see the track disappearing ahead round a sharpish curve, for there are some of 35 and 40 chains' radius on this side of the summit as well.
1960 March, G. Freeman Allen, “Europe's most luxurious express - the "Settebello"”, in Trains Illustrated, page 144:The car made a sharpish turn.
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(informal, not-comparable) Somewhat sharp; not blunt.
a sharpish knife
Deriveds
Translations (4)
ga foghéar (not very sharp but not blunt) · pl ostrawy (not very sharp but not blunt) · pl cierpkawy (not very sharp but not blunt) · mi koikoi (not very sharp but not blunt)