单词 | highish |
释义 | highishadj. Somewhat high (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > high position > [adjective] highOE high-seta1382 sovereigna1425 airy1565 sublime?1567 haughty1570 supernal1599 aerial1608 upward1622 high-top1653 superincumbent1659 supern1703 highish1778 high-up1831 high-level1842 altitudinous1868 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > [adjective] > somewhat highish1778 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [adjective] > of high or great importance > of rank muchc1275 huge1430 highish1828 high-ranking1850 1778 J. Cook Jrnl. 26 Apr. (1967) III. i. 311 Their face is rather broad and flat, with highish Cheek bones. 1785 W. Marshall Planting & Ornamental Gardening 465 Gather it up into a highish round ridge or land, and thus let it lie till the time of planting. 1828 C. Lamb Lett. (1935) III. 186 A friend nameless, but highish in office. 1850 Horticulturalist Jan. 339/1 They can always command a highish price for very fine sorts and for new ones. 1884 Queen Victoria More Leaves 56 On a highish point called after me ‘The Queen's View’. 1907 Daily Chron. 12 Dec. 7/4 At least half the members should be elected on some highish franchise. 1922 Everybody's Feb. 125/1 He'd always a highish voice, talked as gentlemen talks. 1968 A. Powell Mil. Philosophers iii. 142 I conducted him to a general of highish status. 2001 I. J. Deary Intelligence p. xii The correlation is probably around 0.5, a highish positive correlation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1778 |
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