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GOODISH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does goodish mean? 

GOODISH (adjective)
  The adjective GOODISH has 2 senses:

1. moderately good of its kindplay

2. large in amount or extent or degreeplay

  Familiarity information: GOODISH used as an adjective is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GOODISH (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Moderately good of its kind

Context example:

a goodish wine

Similar:

good (having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Large in amount or extent or degree

Synonyms:

goodish; goodly; healthy; hefty; respectable; sizable; sizeable; tidy

Context example:

a sizable fortune

Similar:

considerable (large or relatively large in number or amount or extent or degree)


 Context examples 


I placed my palms against the main-mast, which was of a goodish bigness, and waited, every nerve upon the stretch.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

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.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)



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