Grownish
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Grownish is an adjective meaning Somewhat grown or mature; resembling or befitting a grown-up; adultish.
Meaning
Somewhat grown or mature; resembling or befitting a grown-up; adultish.
Example Sentences
She brushed past the dry blooms while she took his measure. So grown, thirteen and grownish, casually out for a stroll at three a.m.
Correcting her grownish little one's sentence structure, “We 'have' been over this, or we've been over this. I didn't raise you to speak like trash, or smoke like trash. Let me smell your breath.”
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include adultlike, mannish, adulty, youngish, babyish, half-grown.
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