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softish, a.|ˈsɒftɪʃ, -ɔː-|
[f. soft a. + -ish.]
Somewhat soft; rather tender.
Also Sc. and north. dial., somewhat wet or rainy.
1589Fleming Virg. Georg. v. 14 To wind..the limber speares about with softish leaues. 1656W. Dugard tr. Comenius' Gate Lat. Unl. 29 A round lump, softish, beneath chamfered. 1681Grew Musæum iii. i. ii. 268 'Tis softish, and somewhat brown. 1766J. Bartram Jrnl. 4 Feb. 60 A softish rock full of sea-shells. 1845Encycl. Metrop. XXV. 309/1 A little hair softish and curling. 1878Huxley Physiogr. xvi. 271 A bed of softish limestone.
transf.1736Ainsworth i, Softish (silly), ineptus, stupidus. |