drawish

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adjective

Being a game, or a particular position in a game, deemed likely to end in a draw.

“The Petroff is considered a very drawish opening.”

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Meanings

adjectivedrawish (comparative more drawish, superlative most drawish)

comparative more drawish · superlative most drawish

  1. board gamesBeing a game, or a particular position in a game, deemed likely to end in a draw.

    The Petroff is considered a very drawish opening.

    1 more example

    Ding initiates the pawn exchange (19 cxb5 axb5). A couple more material exchanges follow with 20 Nf4 exf4 21 Bxc6 Bxb2 22 Qxb2 Rb8. The position is looking drawish after the abrupt liquidation.

    2024 December 12, Bryan Armen Graham, “Gukesh Dommaraju defeats Ding Liren in World Chess Championship Game 14 – live updates”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Dec 2024

Origin

From draw + -ish.

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Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

drawish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drawish

MLA

“drawish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drawish. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “drawish,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drawish.

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