tightish, a.
(ˈtaɪtɪʃ)
[f. tight a. + -ish1.]
1. a. Rather tight or close-fitting.
| 1775 S. J. Pratt Liberal Opin. xcvi. (1783) III. 202 Are they [the clothes] not a little tightish? 1848 Curzon Visits Monast. i. v. 58 It comes up high upon the neck, and has tightish sleeves. 1893 Quiller-Couch Delectable Duchy 223 In a tightish uniform. |
b. as adv. Somewhat tightly.
| 1767 J. Ferguson Lect., Suppl. 31 The top goes on tightish, but must be made to turn round on the cylinder. |
2. Somewhat difficult to accomplish, attain to, etc.; rather ‘stiff’ or difficult.
| 1786 A. M. Bennett Juvenile Indiscretions III. 207 Amounted to a pretty tightish sum. 1801 tr. Gabrielli's Myst. Husb. II. 96 They have had a tightish day's work. 1832 Wilson in Blackw. Mag. XXXI. 859 'Tis a tightish swim across. 1890 ‘Boldrewood’ Col. Reformer (1891) 418, I had a tightish ride to get over before I caught the mail. |
3. Somewhat drunk. Cf. tight a. 7. colloq.
| 1830 H. Lee Mem. of Manager I. iii. 110 ‘I think they be getting on pretty tightish!’ ‘What do you mean, getting drunk!’ |