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sharpish

adj

Etymology

From sharp + -ish.

  1. inherited from *(s)kerb-✻
  2. inherited from *skarpaz✻
  3. inherited from *skarp✻
  4. inherited from sċearp
  5. inherited from scharp
  6. suffixed as sharpish — “sharp + ish”

Definitions

  1. Somewhat sharp (sudden, abrupt).

    • The car made a sharpish turn.

  2. Somewhat sharp

    Somewhat sharp; not blunt.

    • a sharpish knife

  3. Rapidly, soon.

    • You'd better mend your ways sharpish!

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Derived

sharpishly

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA