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tightish, a.|ˈtaɪtɪʃ|
[f. tight a. + -ish1.]
1. a. Rather tight or close-fitting.
1775S. J. Pratt Liberal Opin. xcvi. (1783) III. 202 Are they [the clothes] not a little tightish? 1848Curzon Visits Monast. i. v. 58 It comes up high upon the neck, and has tightish sleeves. 1893Quiller-Couch Delectable Duchy 223 In a tightish uniform.
b. as adv. Somewhat tightly.
1767J. Ferguson Lect., Suppl. 31 The top goes on tightish, but must be made to turn round on the cylinder.
2. Somewhat difficult to accomplish, attain to, etc.; rather ‘stiff’ or difficult.
1786A. M. Bennett Juvenile Indiscretions III. 207 Amounted to a pretty tightish sum. 1801tr. Gabrielli's Myst. Husb. II. 96 They have had a tightish day's work. 1832Wilson in Blackw. Mag. XXXI. 859 'Tis a tightish swim across. 1890‘Boldrewood’ Col. Reformer (1891) 418, I had a tightish ride to get over before I caught the mail.
3. Somewhat drunk. Cf. tight a. 7. colloq.
1830H. Lee Mem. of Manager I. iii. 110 ‘I think they be getting on pretty tightish!’ ‘What do you mean, getting drunk!’ |