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ig — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • ish adverb (informal) Somewhat, roughly, or approximately.
  • Ly name A Vietnamese surname.
  • Ty name A masculine given name, often a short form of Tyler or Tyrone.

Senses

ig is used for these senses in English:

  • ish (of adjectives from common nouns) Typical of, similar to, being like.
  • ly Used to form adjectives from nouns, the adjectives having the sense of "behaving like, or having a nature typical of what is denoted by the noun" Similar in meaning to -like but most often paired with animate nouns.
  • ty A nonproductive suffix indicating single-digit integer multiples of ten.
  • y Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives meaning “having the quality of”, either “involving the referent” or “analogous to it”.

ish — full definition

  1. adverb (informal) Somewhat, roughly, or approximately.
  2. interjection (informal) Used to express mild disgust.
  3. noun (slang) Stuff or things, often used as a mild substitute for a cruder word.

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