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  • adjective informal Suitable for, or characteristic of, family.

Etymologies

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family +‎ -ish

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Examples

  • It's nice to have a familyish feeling and do all those clucky, weird things like caring about someone else.'

    Evening Standard - Home 2011

  • anyway, we ended up not birthday partying in the club district (victory!) but rather meeting some of the party-goers (who retreated from what turned out to be more a familyish rather than friendish celebration) at the green room.

    Philogynist 2008

  • anyway, we ended up not birthday partying in the club district (victory!) but rather meeting some of the party-goers (who retreated from what turned out to be more a familyish rather than friendish celebration) at the green room.

    Archive 2008-04-01 2008

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