quickishadj.adv.
/ˈkwɪkɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈkwɪkɪʃ/ A. adj.
1. Somewhat or moderately quick.
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the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > [adjective] > somewhat
quickish1761
1761 M. Lee in J. Kirkpatrick Anal. Inoculation (ed. 2) vii. 149 His pulse was quickish, as this Gentleman expressed it, the 8th and 9th day.
1780 S. Kellet et al. Compl. Coll. Cookery Receipts 23 Put them in a quickish oven, let them stand till of a good brown.
1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words 184 Jiffle, a quickish, bustling, unsettled, motion.
1863 Cedar Valley Times (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) 23 July Quickish on the trigger!
1900 ‘O. Agnus’ Jan Oxber iii. 194 Be quickish downstairs, mind 'ee.
1978 Gramophone Apr. 1713/1 The quickish pulse..does occasionally suggest a nature ramble being hastened along by a warden who senses rain in the offing.
2007 Racing Post (Nexis) 9 Jan. 10 He's having his third race in quickish succession under testing conditions.
2. Cricket. Of a bowler or bowling: fast-medium.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > cricketer > [adjective] > types of bowler
straight-armed1827
round1831
round-arm1835
lobbing1840
underhand1848
skimming1851
right arm1877
fastish1884
quick1922
quickish1939
off-spinning1955
stock bowling1976
1939 Times 10 June 6/5 The wicket was faster..and Scott, Gloucester's quickish new bowler, certainly took every advantage of it.
1955 Times 9 July 4/7 Neame and Parker, for Harrow, made steady progress against Sinclair and Douglas Pennant, a quickish left-hander.
1992 Daily Tel. 24 July 30/1 Carl Hooper, with his quickish off-spin, caused persistent problems.
2006 Birmigham Post (Nexis) 15 Apr. 36 Watch out for:..Wright, a quickish bowler with some skill.
B. adv.
Chiefly British. Somewhat quickly; more quickly than is usual or expected.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [adverb] > quickly or promptly > somewhat
quickish1880
sharpish1886
1880 H. H. Dixon Scott & Sebright 345 Before the hounds got there, you'd see Charley walking off quickish.
1888 Berrow's Worcester Jrnl. 10 Mar. 4/6 That fetched him quickish, like a billy-biter or a nightingale.
1956 K. Amis Let. 25 June (2000) 473 Send me the stuff back quickish, will you?
1979 N. Freeling Widow ix. 52 You're in a mess... The only way out is to bugger off quickish.
2004 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 22 Dec. (Sport section) 7 Paul jumped him out quickish and he suddenly found himself in the front five.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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