highish

H4I1G2H4I1S1H4

adjective

Somewhat high.

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Meanings

adjectivehighish (comparative more highish, superlative most highish)

comparative more highish · superlative most highish

  1. Somewhat high.

    Reading Barron, though, I realized that part of the reason his stories leave me cold is that they assume, as too much genre fiction does, a highish level of reader credulity, and I resent it.

    2008 January 27, Terrence Rafferty, “Doesn’t Scare Easily”, in New York Times

Origin

From high + -ish.

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APA

highish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/highish

MLA

“highish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/highish. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “highish,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/highish.

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