goodish
/ˈɡʊdɪʃ/
adj 2
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1VERB + GOODISH
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Definitions
adj
1
Rather good than the contrary; not actually bad; tolerable.
I heard him speak, and he had a goodish accent, as of a clerk or shopwalker.
2
Considerable; goodly.
The white rock, visible enough above the brush, was still some eighth of a mile further down the spit, and it took me a goodish while to get up with it, crawling, often on all fours, among the scrub.
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Synonyms
adjective — large in amount or extent or degree
- goodly
- healthy
- hefty
- respectable
- sizable
- sizeable
- tidy
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I heard him speak, and he had a goodish accent, as of a clerk or shopwalker.
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The white rock, visible enough above the brush, was still some eighth of a mile further down the spit, and it took me a goodish while to get up with it, crawling, often on all fours, among the scrub.
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