Goodish
[gudiʃ]
Definition
(a.) Rather good than the contrary; not actually bad; tolerable.
Typist: Stacey
Examples
- You find the damask rose a goodish stock for most of the tender sorts, don't you, Mr. Gardener? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Parish business, sir, and a goodish long trot before it's all done for a man at my age. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- It's a goodish stretch, sir. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Ay, a goodish bit ago. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I've lived a goodish long time in the world, said this best and dearest of all old servants-- but the like of this, I never did expect to see. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I know him; and Osborne's a goodish-looking fellow, with large black whiskers? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
Typist: Stacey