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strongish

strongish

3.8
A little more powerful than usual but not very much
  • adjective
  • /ˈstrɔŋɪʃ/
  • Informal
translation icon : algo fuerte
  • His coffee was strongish, with just the right amount of milk to make it smooth.

Examples

  • Russian was evidently Jowls's mother tongue, but the girl had a strongish Latvian accent.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • The high was made on strongish buying, and sellers had a bit to do to reverse the market.

    Blog text (30)

  • The strongish move up and subsequent retest and failure of the open suggest the higher open was valid, and so there is a chance the highs will be retested at some point.

    Blog text (30)

  • The strongish wind made it difficult for the children to fly their kites.

  • She gave a strongish pull on the rope to help her friend climb the steep hill.

Antonyms

weakish
  • Informal
3.4

Not very strong physically, in health, or in quality

How Strong

mighty
486 2.9
powerful
∞ 1.7
strong
∞ 1.0
strongish
  • Informal
3.8
weak
524 1.0
frail
52 4.1

Surface Forms

strongish positive
stronger comparative
strongest superlative

Morphology

strongish = strong (transparent) = strong + ish

The productive suffix '-ish' meaning 'somewhat' directly modifies the adjective 'strong', so the meaning is easily derived by learners.

Etymology

Strongish is a mix of strong and the ending -ish, which means 'somewhat' or 'like', as in yellowish. So strongish means 'somewhat strong', not very strong but fairly strong.