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Definition of Thinnish
1. a. Somewhat thin.
Definition of Thinnish
1. Adjective. Somewhat thin ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Thinnish
1. somewhat thin [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thinnish
Literary usage of Thinnish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of British Lichens: Containing Descriptions of All the Species and by William Mudd (1861)
"LIMOSUM, (Ach.) Lobes of the thallus thinnish, emall, scattered, entire, ...
Thallus thinnish, roundly lobed and somewhat imbricated, olive-black, ..."
2. A Practical Treatise on the Preparation, Combination and Application of by James G. Austin (1871)
"... fresh from the kiln, be weighed in portions of 39 Ibs., and mixed with sufficient
water to form lumps of lime-paste, of a thinnish consistency, ..."
3. Tom Crib's Memorial to Congress: With a Preface, Notes, and Appendix by Thomas Moore (1819)
"... Oh Grace of the Graces! whose kiss to my lip Is as sweet as the brandy and
tea, rather thinnish, That Knights of the ..."
4. Flora Cestrica: An Herborizing Companion for the Young Botanists of Chester by William Darlington (1853)
"Radical leaves 3 to 6 inches long, spatulate-ovate, on margined petioles ;
stem-leaves narrowed at base, subsessile ; all thinnish and chartaceous. ..."
5. Symons's Meteorological Magazine (1885)
"Given a thinnish stratum of moist air in process of passing over a drier and ...
This will have the effect of rolling the thinnish stratum into cylinders ..."
6. Gray's New Manual of Botany: A Handbook of the Flowering Plants and Ferns of by Asa Gray, Benjamin Lincoln Robinson, Merritt Lyndon Fernald (1908)
"S. lanceolate L. Leaves thinnish, rather deciduous, ovate-lanceolate or lance-oblong ;
stigmas 3 ; berries dull red. — Uich woods and margins of swamps, ..."
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