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fullish

fullish

4.7
Almost full with a few empty spaces
  • adjective
  • /ˈfʊlɪʃ/
translation icon : algo lleno
  • His stomach felt fullish after enjoying a hearty meal at the restaurant.

Examples

  • The basket was fullish after we added the last few apples from the orchard.

  • Pretty mouth, fullish lips, and the kind of high cheekbones that promise a beauty that does not fade with youth.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • When I see a reproduced Saturday Evening Post cover from the 1930s, I see my mother's face: regular features, not large but strong; bold cheekbones with good coloring; dark short hair; fullish lips, deeply red without lipstick; large blue eyes, staring outward with a look both shy and erotic.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • She poured a fullish glass of water but saved some for later.

Antonyms

empty
∞ 1.0

Not containing anything

How Full

full
∞ 1.0
fullish
4.7
empty
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

fullish positive

Morphology

fullish = full (transparent) = full + ish

The suffix '-ish' is commonly used to indicate 'somewhat' or 'approximately', making the meaning derivation clear.

Etymology

The word fullish is simply the common word full plus the ending -ish. full means 'filled' and -ish means 'somewhat' or 'a little like', so fullish means 'somewhat full', nearly but not completely full.