What does fortyish mean?
Fortyish means Close to the number forty.
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/ˈfɔː(ɹ).ti.ɪʃ/ · adjective
Close to the number forty.
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.
Use fortyish when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Fortyish means Close to the number forty.
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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