Poorish
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Poorish is an adjective meaning Somewhat poor.
Meaning
Somewhat poor.
Example Sentences
The bread-and-butter were good enough, but the ale poorish. Oh, for an Act of Parliament to force people to brew good ale!
She [Mrs. Rivers] went on to say something about still waters running deep and it was on the tip of my tongue to make a poorish pun about still Rivers running deep too […]
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include semipoor, sorry, woeful, poverty-ridden, piss poor, cheapish.
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