biggishadj.
/ˈbɪɡɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈbɪɡɪʃ/ Somewhat big.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > somewhat large
substantial1413
indifferent1548
handsome1577
biggish1611
sizeable1613
well-sized?1614
considerable1651
good-sized1657
largish1752
snug1833
fairish1858
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Grandet,..Biggish, greatish.
1627 W. Sclater Briefe Expos. 2 Thess. (1632) 150 The volumne growes biggish.
?1761 ‘B. Montfichet’ Life & Opinions I. ii. 19 When she grew biggish, requiring no doubt, more substantial food, she consumed by degrees the whole and intire mass of his brains.
1867 T. Carlyle Reminisc. (1881) I. 100 A biggish, simple house on the sands.
1891 C. T. C. James Romantic Rigmarole 166 ‘Look out!’ cried Georgy. ‘It's a biggish drop!’
1925 W. Faulkner Let. 12 Jan. in Thinking of Home (1992) 172 Do you remember Harry Rainold—a biggish sort of boy I liked while we were in school?
1965 P. Arrowsmith Jericho (1983) xxii. 233 We need some definite big, or biggish, action..to..work towards.
2007 Irish Times (Nexis) 5 Nov. 13 It is undoubtedly on the biggish side and does look like you've attached a red bicycle reflector to the side of your head.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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