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loudish

[ lou-dish ]

adjective

  1. somewhat loud.


loudish

/ ˈlaʊdɪʃ /

adjective

  1. fairly loud; somewhat loud
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of loudish1

First recorded in 1855–60; loud + -ish 1
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Example Sentences

With his dapper suits, cuff links and love of a wine-soaked lunch, Mr. Farage can come across as a caricature of a past-his-prime City of London financier — a loudish type that one frequently encounters in pubs in the wealthy suburbs, sounding off on cricket and the latest bureaucratic atrocity in Brussels.

The voices had for some time been loudish round a table at the bottom of the hall: but presently came a burst of mirth so obstreperous and prolonged, that the prior sent the very sub-prior all down the hall to check it, and inflict penance on every monk at the table.

Thus, just after we started, and were turning to the left at Mark's Tey, a bright glare followed by a loudish report came from the right of the road.

Robert Browning was "loudish and talkative beyond need."

That was a loudish gent a-lunching with you yesterday, sir. 

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