"roundish" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more roundish [comparative], most roundish [superlative]
Etymology: From round + -ish. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|round|ish}} round + -ish Head templates: {{en-adj}} roundish (comparative more roundish, superlative most roundish)
  1. Somewhat round. Translations (somewhat round): կլորավուն (kloravun) (Armenian), pyöreähkö (Finnish), rundlich (German), kerekded (Hungarian), okrągławy (Polish)
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