youngish

[US]/'jʌŋɪʃ/
[UK]/'jʌŋɪʃ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. somewhat young, still relatively young.

Example Sentences

He is a youngish man with a lot of potential.

She has a youngish appearance despite her age.

The youngish couple just moved into the neighborhood.

The youngish professor is very popular among students.

He has a youngish outlook on life.

Despite his youngish appearance, he is actually quite experienced.

The youngish artist is gaining recognition in the art world.

She has a youngish spirit that keeps her energetic.

The youngish CEO is leading the company to success.

He has a youngish sense of style that sets him apart.

Real-world Examples

He's attractive and nice, and it's good to remember I'm a youngish woman again.

Source: Downton Abbey (Audio Version) Season 6

Finally, a youngish, mathematically-minded customer got out a piece of paper and a pencil and went into retirement.

Source: Modern University English Intensive Reading (2nd Edition) Volume 4

If they're a youngish person, they don't really speak with a Cockney accent.

Source: Engvid-Jade Course Collection

Two youngish, soft-looking men, naked except for grey towels round their waists, were playing gin-rummy at a deal table near the entrance.

Source: 007 Series: Diamonds Are Forever (Part 1)

Besides this paired photographs in a double silver frame, a youngish middle-aged man and woman, with round healthy faces and cheerful eyes.

Source: The Woman at the Bottom of the Lake (Part 2)

" Well, he looked to me a youngish man, pale and nervous. He had small black side whiskers, and wore rather large spectacles" .

Source: Three mysterious people

" His hat had a wide brim, you mean? and his face was pale — a youngish face" ? Mary pressed her, with a white-lipped intensity of interrogation.

Source: People and Ghosts (Part 2)

Was the man who came out of the Aerated Bread Shop and jumped, into the hansom three minutes ago a youngish looking man with dark whiskers and spectacles?

Source: Three mysterious people

Indeed the Mrs. van der Luyden who sat beneath it listening to Mrs. Archer might have been the twin-sister of the fair and still youngish woman drooping against a gilt armchair before a green rep curtain.

Source: The Age of Innocence (Part One)

And one of the businessmen was youngish, with a pretty face and a glimpse of prematurely white hair under the Stetson with the waterproof cover, and the name on the brief-case he was carrying was B. Kitteridge.

Source: 007 Series: Diamonds Are Forever (Part 2)

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