cleanish

English

Etymology

clean +‎ -ish

Adjective

cleanish (comparative more cleanish, superlative most cleanish)

  1. Somewhat clean (all senses).
    • 1969, Maya Angelou, chapter 32, in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings‎, New York: Bantam, published 1971, page 213:
      On one flat street I passed a junkyard, littered with the carcasses of old cars. […] As I wound my way through the discards a temporary solution sprang to my mind. I would find a clean or cleanish car and spend the night in it.

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