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Meaning of sharpish | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Somewhat sharp (sudden, abrupt).
    informal, not-comparable
  2. Somewhat sharp; not blunt.
    informal, not-comparable

Equivalents

Gaeilge foghéar
Polski cierpkawy ostrawy ostrawy

Examples

“The car made a sharpish turn.”
“On straights speed would quicken to what was apparently the maximum allowed on this stretch, 140 k.p.h., or 87.5 m.p.h., and then one would see the track disappearing ahead round a sharpish curve, for there are some of 35 and 40 chains' radius on this side of the summit as well.”
“a sharpish knife”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

sharptongued sharptooth sharpwitted Shastan shastrik Shatneresque

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