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# tallish

adjective (tallish)

«tallish» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Fairly tall; a bit taller than average. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tallish/#m1)

### In the lessons

Used in describing people and things in stories and everyday life. The ending -ish means «a bit» or «rather»: tallish, smallish, brownish. It gives a rough, not exact, size.

### Examples

- He's a tallish boy with red hair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tallish/#x1)
- A tallish tree stood by the gate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tallish/#x2)
- The stranger was tallish and thin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tallish/#x3)
- We need a tallish jar for the flowers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tallish/#x4)
- My teacher is tallish. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tallish/#x5)
- A tallish heron waded in the shallows. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tallish/#x6)

### Note

Informal; -ish makes the meaning less exact. Not used for exact measuring in maths: say the height in centimetres or inches instead.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «tallish» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tallish/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«tallish» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tallish.html) on Mova free.