Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

slackish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: slack-ish
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Somewhat slack.

Example Sentences

"He is shabbily smart, and looks what he is, a slackish, hard-drinking unsuccessful man of forty-two."
"A slackish kicking strap allows the top of the mainsail to fall off forward in the heaviest gusts."
"In ordinary language perceived events and movements can both be described in the same language, using spatial, temporal, and nonspatiotemporal concepts as well. We see movements that are short, large, fast, hasty, or slackish—and we can perform such movements as well."

Etymology

From slack + -ish.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: slack

Inflected Forms

more slackish (comparative) most slackish (superlative)

Questions

What does slackish mean?: Somewhat slack.
Where does slackish come from?: From slack + -ish.

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