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English
Etymology
sharp + -ish
Adjective
sharpish (not comparable)
- (informal) Somewhat sharp (sudden, abrupt).
The car made a sharpish turn.
1960 March, G. Freeman Allen, “Europe's most luxurious express - the "Settebello"”, in Trains Illustrated, page 144: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.
- (informal) Somewhat sharp; not blunt.
- a sharpish knife
Translations
not very sharp but not blunt
Adverb
sharpish (not comparable)
- (informal) Rapidly, soon.
- You'd better mend your ways sharpish!