Wednesday, 18 May 2016

meaning - What does "Stable-ish" mean exactly?

It means more or less stable



dictionary.reference.com: -ish




a suffix used to form adjectives from other adjectives, with the sense of “somewhat,” “rather” ( oldish; reddish; sweetish )




You can add -ish to most anything and a (British) native speaker will understand it means more or less of what you added it to.



That goes for time: five thirty-ish; and age: She looks 40ish



In spoken English, you add a slight pause to emphasise it and you can even use the suffix on its own




"Are you OK?"
"yeah... ish"




meaning I am more or less OK

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