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  • adjective Quite mature, reasonably mature.

Etymologies

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mature +‎ -ish

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Examples

  • She played, with a reserve, the maturish young woman smitten by an adorable youth; and enjoyed doing it because she hoped for a visible effect -- more paternal benevolence -- and could do it so dispassionately.

    Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

  • She played, with a reserve, the maturish young woman smitten by an adorable youth; and enjoyed doing it because she hoped for a visible effect -- more paternal benevolence -- and could do it so dispassionately.

    Diana of the Crossways — Complete George Meredith 1868

  • She played, with a reserve, the maturish young woman smitten by an adorable youth; and enjoyed doing it because she hoped for a visible effect -- more paternal benevolence -- and could do it so dispassionately.

    Diana of the Crossways — Volume 5 George Meredith 1868

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