roundish

English

Etymology

round +‎ -ish

Adjective

roundish (comparative more roundish, superlative most roundish)

1. Somewhat round.
   • 1820, John Lindley, Rosarum Monographia; Or, A Botanical History of Roses, 42:

     Leaflets 9-11, roundish, of a firm texture, the lowest pair smaller than the rest, glaucous.

   • 2012 March, Henry Petroski, “Opening Doors”, in American Scientist‎^[1], volume 100, number 2, pages 112-3:

     A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place.

Translations

somewhat round

• Armenian: կլորավուն (hy) (kloravun)
• Finnish: pyöreähkö
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• German: rundlich (de)
• Hungarian: kerekded (hu)