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roughish

[ ruhf-ish ]

adjective

  1. rather rough:

    a roughish sea.



roughish

/ ˈrʌfɪʃ /

adjective

  1. somewhat rough
“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 roughish1

First recorded in 1755–65; rough + -ish 1
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Example Sentences

One of his interviewees described the smell as "roughish but not as bad as you might think", but there were places "where they tell me the foul air will cause instant death".

From BBC

Perennial; leaves short, narrowly lanceolate, downy and roughish; flowers solitary; bracts ovate, half as long as the tube; petals rose-color or white, toothed.—Mich.,

It is a perennial plant, producing annually several long twining roughish striated stems, which twist from left to right, are often 15 to 20 ft. long and climb freely over hedges and bushes.

Leaves.—Ovate to oblong-lanceolate; three to six inches long; dark green; roughish.

This tree sometimes rises to a great height, and is covered with a roughish bark.

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