smallish

English

Etymology

From Middle English smalish, equivalent to small +‎ -ish.

Adjective

smallish

  1. Somewhat small.
    • 1955 January, R. S. McNaught, “From the Severn to the Mersey by Great Western”, in Railway Magazine, page 18:
      Quite a few minutes would be spun out, for instance, at the smallish town of Chirk, but to me the dalliance was generally worthwhile, except in wet weather, because of the increasing beauty of the wooded hill scenery thereabouts.

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