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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

When he was doing the Mallarm, he put the paper down on a roughish book cover.

At last they came in sight of a large steamer laboring heavily with a roughish sea and uncertain wind.

He could make pretty good play in thick country, and ride a roughish horse, too.

Starlight had changed his clothes, and was dressed like a swell—away on a roughish trip, but still like a swell.

It's a roughish crossing at Slatey Bar,' and he pointed towards the river, which we could plainly hear rushing over a rocky bed.

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