Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Fairly large.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Rather large.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective colloq. Somewhat large.
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- adjective Somewhat
large .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective somewhat large
Etymologies
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Examples
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I still make this tasty, elemental soup in largish quantities, and take it to work for lunch.
Toast: Lindy 2005
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I still make this tasty, elemental soup in largish quantities, and take it to work for lunch.
Digger's Cabbage Soup 1968 Lindy 2005
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Well, it's not like the Dallas area wasn't without the "largish" mid-size cons like these for a few years, after Bulldog Productions and, by extension, their Dallas Fantasy Fair cons went belly-up.
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She is described as white, of "largish" build, with mousy brown hair if not dyed.
unknown title 2009
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In interpersonal relations there is a factor with a largish part: misunderstanding.
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What that is, is what is left over when you order a largish quantity (I am getting so Spanishized I just spelled quantity with a C, which cost me a long time to wrestle my self around to in Spanish).
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Last month I rashly wrote that since Obama was starting the month on an upswing, he had a good chance of posting largish gains in September.
Chris Weigant: Obama Poll Watch -- September, 2010 Chris Weigant 2010
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I wonder, though, is working in a largish firm making good money really such a frightening cautionary tale?
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Last month I rashly wrote that since Obama was starting the month on an upswing, he had a good chance of posting largish gains in September.
Chris Weigant: Obama Poll Watch -- September, 2010 Chris Weigant 2010
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Anyway, I was left with 8 largish bottles full of paint.
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