"brownish" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈbraʊnɪʃ/ Forms: brownish [positive], – [comparative], – [superlative]
Etymology: brown + -ish Etymology templates: {{word parts|brown|-ish}} brown + -ish Head templates: {{adj}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If something is brownish, then it is moderately brown.
    Sense id: simple-brownish-en-adj-fXNoc-pu
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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