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tallish

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tall  (tôl)
adj. tall·er, tall·est
1.
a. Having greater than ordinary height: a tall woman.
b. Having considerable height, especially in relation to width; lofty: tall trees.
2. Having a specified height: a plant three feet tall.
3. Informal Fanciful or exaggerated; boastful: tall tales of heroic exploits.
4. Impressively great or difficult: a tall order to fill.
5. Archaic Excellent; fine.
adv.
With proud bearing; straight: stand tall.
[Middle English, brave, quick, from Old English getæl, swift; see del-2 in Indo-European roots.]
tallish adj.
tallness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.tallish - somewhat tall
tall - great in vertical dimension; high in stature; "tall people"; "tall buildings"; "tall trees"; "tall ships"


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While they were thus employed, a tallish gentleman with a hook nose and black hair, dressed in a military surtout very short and tight in the sleeves, and which had once been frogged and braided all over, but was now sadly shorn of its garniture and quite threadbare-- dressed too in ancient grey pantaloons fitting tight to the leg, and a pair of pumps in the winter of their existence--looked in at the door and smiled affably.
The Old Curiosity Shop by Dickens, Charles View in context
Oh, tallish, dark, clever--talks well--rather a prig, I think.
Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context
She had not long to wait before the punctual attorney entered, knitting his brow with an examining glance at the stout blond woman who rose, curtsying deferentially,--a tallish man, with an aquiline nose and abundant iron-gray hair.
The Mill on the Floss by Eliot, George View in context
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