roundishadj.

1545 T. Raynald in tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. sig. G.iii^v The backe or outer syde therof roundysshe and smothe.

1585 J. Dee Jrnl. in True & Faithful Relation Spirits (1659) i. 357 They..break up the rock..in roundish lumps as big as a two-peny loaf.

1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. 131 The lesser..having small roundish flapps on either side of the body.

1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 67 The edges [of these Ribs] a little Bevil'd roundish away.

1733 J. Tull Horse-hoing Husbandry xxiii. 168 The Corner of the Plate..we make a little roundish.

1755 W. Mason Let. 27 June in T. Gray Corr. (1971) I. 423 MynnHerr Shite is of a roundish squab figure.

1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. xxxv. 600 An oblong and sometimes roundish spot.

1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. III. 80 Some osteophytes are flat and roundish.

1924 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 24 286 These patches are roundish or oval..covered by a film or membrane beneath which a reddish, raw-looking surface appears.

1953 R. M. Brooks & C. O. Hesse Western Fruit Gardening 97 The fruit is medium to large, roundish to flattened, green to yellow.

2002 Esquire July 62/1 The proprietor—short, roundish, with close-cropped gray hair and bottle-thick glasses—rises hobbitlike from a vinyl recliner with the aid of a knotty cane.

1633 T. Johnson Gerard's Herball (new ed.) ii. clxxi. 568 Fiue smal blunt roundish topped white floures.

1694 Narbrough's Acct. Several Late Voy. 64 These People are..roundish Faced, and well shaped.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Ranunculus The roundish leaved ranunculuses.

1836–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. II. 485/2 When they are viewed in an aggregate form, the semblance of roundish-shaped granules is seen.

1867 T. Carlyle Reminisc. (1881) II. 35 She was roundish-featured.

1905 Gardeners' Chron. 8 July 34/3 Strawberry Bedford Champion.—A variety having large oval or roundish shaped fruits.

1951 Dict. Gardening (Royal Hort. Soc.) III. 1313/2 Two forms have been distinguished, the roundish-leaved M. uniflora proper..and an ovate-leaved form M. reticulata.

2003 B. B. Rotmil Faustus in Pasquack viii. 74 The smiling group photos of his family; his roundish-faced wife Edna and their three lovely children.

1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Compl. Gard'ner ii. iv. ii. 146 Smallage is multiplyed only by Seed which is reddish, and pretty big, of a roundish oval Figure.

1763 R. Brookes New Syst. Nat. Hist. III. iii. 32 The Picked Dog, or Hound Fish, has a roundish oblong body.

1828 J. E. Smith Eng. Flora (ed. 2) II. 263 Leaves roundish-oval, always longer than they are broad.

1828 J. E. Smith Eng. Flora (ed. 2) II. 265 Leaves roundish-obovate, serrated.

1847 W. E. Steele Handbk. Field Bot. 214 Rachis green, fronds linear; pinnæ roundish-deltoid.

1887 H. E. F. Garnsey & I. B. Balfour tr. K. Goebel Outl. Classif. & Special Morphol. Plants 175 A roundish-ovoid venter resting on the stalk.

1903 J. L. Budd & N. E. Hansen Amer. Hort. Man. II. 70 Description of Varieties [of the Apple]... Delicious.—Originated by Jesse Hiatt..Iowa; tree a regular and heavy bearer. Fruit large, roundish conic, ribbed; skin medium thick..color yellow, washed with mixed red.

1956 Jrnl. Ecol. 44 677 Helianemum canum... Capsule roundish-ovate, about as long as and enclosed by the sepals.

1995 R. Strouts & D. Lonsdale tr. H. Butin Tree Dis. & Disorder v. 125 In culture both endogenous phialospores and roundish ovoid aleuriospores are formed.

1816 J. Gilchrist Philos. Etymol. ii. 84 MN...is merely a variety of the primary sign, denoting roundness or roundishness.

1970 Master Drawings 8 282/1 They are characterized not by this soft and fluffy roundishness but by an extreme emphasis on line.

1998 D. De Grazia Amer. Skin (2000) 271 The softness and roundishness I had always wished away were gone now too.