Meanings
comparative more numberish · superlative most numberish
- Characteristic of a number; numberlike.
“So your memory tells you where each card is, and a numberish brain gives you the proper stacking order. But how do you then put them in that order? You didn't look away from my face even once.”
2012, Cecilia Grant, A Gentleman Undone - Page 881 more example
“Well, what did you expect?” “Have you noticed,” commented Morgan, “that all the male Paladins are named Arthur?” He nodded. “And looks like you were right about the middle names. Primus, Tertius, Octavius — those all sound numberish.
2014, David Alastair Hayden, Pepper Thorn, The Warlock's Gambit
Origin
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numberish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/numberish
“numberish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/numberish. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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