fiftyish

Examples

• All

• The janitors arrived, a fiftyish Mexican couple.

  Fiction book (2002)

• Diana stands at the edge of the green; a fiftyish woman in a dark suit strides across the grass toward her.

  Fiction book (1994)

• In the center were Fred and a skinny fiftyish man in a cowboy hat.

  Fiction book (2001)

• A squat, fiftyish woman is already waiting by the door.

  Fiction book (2002)

• A wiry, fiftyish man in a beard and glasses was sitting in front row center.

  Fiction book (2000)

• The guide was bearded, stocky, and fiftyish.

  Fiction book (1991)

• A fiftyish woman in a wool crepe suit bumped Fur's shoulder and made a point of apologizing.

  Fiction book (1993)

• Mrs. Worthington (Olive) is an elegant, fiftyish New Englander, as handsome as Wally, but more reserved.

  Fiction book (1999)

• The present director is a slender fiftyish man in chinos and immaculate loafers, forehead glittering with glasses, his cheeks embroidered with burst capillaries.

  Fiction book (1996)

• The fiftyish man wore a relaxed smile as he shared stories from his youth.

Synonyms

F

fiftysomething

vsfiftyish

4.6

A person between fifty and fifty-nine years old

is narrower, meaning around age 50 rather than the whole decade

How Old

mid-sixties

3.1

fiftyish

1 3.3

mid-forties

2.9

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology