Meaning of fortyish | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Close to the number forty
2. Any number close to forty.
3. About forty years old.

Examples

“I’m going to start⟳ a support⟳ group of us fortyish guys with this problem. LUMPS, we’ll call⟳ our group. Losing Unwanted Midriff Plumpitude Sensibly.”

“One problem it drops in our laps is to have⟳ developed all fortyish of its species within our temperate area, from the Falklands to the central temperate Andes.”

“A great many black men are Mark⟳ Lawrence's age (fortyish), height (six-two-ish), weight (one-seventy-ish), and complexion (a reddish medium brown) that hints of a childhood of freckles and umber-red hair”

“In my day, more often than not, you had to break⟳ rank to join⟳ the very few fortyish-aged women (renegades) promoted”

“The day was cloudy, and the temperature was about fortyish.”

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