Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wellish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: wellish
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Somewhat well; reasonable; adequate.

adj

Somewhat well; in okay but not great health.

adv

Somewhat well; in a fairly satisfactory manner.

Example Sentences

"Come, I say, old boy, you are going it strongish: rot me, if the garden wasn't pretty wellish."
"Knowing human nature as we do we can safely prophesy that the State Council will merrily go its round of life in spite of the distant rumblings of the Boycott war-cry from the rather wellish dry North"
"Sermon being done, how are you? All wellish here."
"All might be well, or wellish, if Bill Bryden 's production had more tension and emotional intensity."
"The Emperor looked wellish but a bad colour."
"Sometimes I feel wellish here, sometimes very bad; never well, I never can be well again without the miracle."

Etymology

From well + -ish.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: well

Inflected Forms

more wellish (comparative) most wellish (superlative)

Questions

What does wellish mean?: Somewhat well; reasonable; adequate.
Where does wellish come from?: From well + -ish.

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