Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Rather old; elderly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Somewhat old.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective somewhat
old
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective somewhat elderly
Etymologies
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Examples
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All Gotham is waiting to hear all about St. Philips 'choir; the boys are working hard and Mr. Kenney looks a little "oldish," but of course they'll do finely.
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All Gotham is waiting to hear all about St. Philips 'choir; the boys are working hard and Mr. Kenney looks a little "oldish," but of course they'll do finely.
Social Notes. 1894
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All Gotham is waiting to hear all about St. Philips 'choir; the boys are working hard and Mr. Kenney looks a little "oldish," but of course they'll do finely.
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Links flickr! use. perl journal oldish homepage local filter
OK, that's weird. da_lj 2010
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(I exclude series with titles along the lines of "a drama series about oldish ladies".)
Thoughts on The Jewel in the Crown Maxine 2009
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It's the confidential stenographer who has been tampered with — you remember that middle-aged, youngish-oldish woman, Tom?
THEFT 2010
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(I exclude series with titles along the lines of "a drama series about oldish ladies".)
April 2009 Maxine 2009
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Links flickr! use. perl journal oldish homepage local filter
Almost there! da_lj 2009
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(I exclude series with titles along the lines of "a drama series about oldish ladies".)
Thoughts on The Jewel in the Crown Maxine 2009
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(I exclude series with titles along the lines of "a drama series about oldish ladies".)
Television Maxine 2009
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