goodish

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *gadanąvṛd. Proto-Germanic *gōdaz Proto-West Germanic *gōd Old English gōd Middle English good English good Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English goodish From good + -ish.

1. Rather good than the contrary; not actually bad; tolerable.

   “I heard him speak, and he had a goodish accent, as of a clerk or shopwalker.”

2. Considerable; goodly.

   “The white rock, visible enough above the brush, was still some eighth of a mile further down the spit, and it took me a goodish while to get up with it, crawling, often on all fours, among the scrub.”