squarish
adjUS /ˈskwɛɹ.ɪʃ/
Etymology From square + -ish.
1
Approximately square.
2
Somewhat square.
- When they reached the foot of the hill they caught a glimpse of what might be rocks on each side—squarish rocks, if you looked at them carefully, but no one did.1953, C. S. Lewis, chapter 7, in The Silver Chair, Collins, published 1998:
- The cars, which are of pleasing but somewhat squarish outline, are unstreamlined.1963 August, W. Shepherd, “Stockholm's modern underground railway”, in Modern Railways, page 96:
2 more examples
- 1996, Kenzaburō Ōe, An Echo of Heaven (1989), translated by Margaret Mitsutani, Tokyo: Kondansha International, Chapter 1, p. 22, She gaily thrust her squarish chin toward the front of the tent.
- [H]e was waving a big blue squarish gun […]2010, Jaimy Gordon, “Third Race: Pelter”, in Lord of Misrule, Kingston, N.Y.: McPherson & Company, →ISBN, page 200:
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Oblong.
- Derived terms
- squarishly, squarishness