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  • adjective Somewhat wrong.

Etymologies

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wrong +‎ -ish

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Examples

  • Also, instead of handing down iron-clad truths to her readers, she is honest in suggesting uncertainty, “no matter how discerning and experienced the taster, the verdict can be wrong, or wrongish.”

    Bordeaux 2009 en primeur — the dispatches! | Dr Vino's wine blog 2010

  • I don't want it to end up like the death note movies... where the actors just acted it out wrongish....

    First Look: M Night Shyamalan’s The Last Airbender | /Film 2009

  • According to this version, Baigent, Leigh, and Lincoln got the right story but the wrongish bloodline: this trio claims that the “bloodline” families are descended from the High Priests of the Temple of Jerusalem.

    The Sion Revelation Lynn Picknett 2006

  • According to this version, Baigent, Leigh, and Lincoln got the right story but the wrongish bloodline: this trio claims that the “bloodline” families are descended from the High Priests of the Temple of Jerusalem.

    The Sion Revelation Lynn Picknett 2006

  • According to this version, Baigent, Leigh, and Lincoln got the right story but the wrongish bloodline: this trio claims that the “bloodline” families are descended from the High Priests of the Temple of Jerusalem.

    The Sion Revelation Lynn Picknett 2006

  • And in any case, it smells to me like a bit of viral/guerilla marketing gone wrongish from inside Sony, given that Kottke was an established distribution network for KenJen tidbits.

    Sony TV: Bigger Losers Than Ken Jennings - Anil Dash 2004

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