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What is the adjective for tallish?

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tall
  1. (of a person) Having a vertical extent greater than the average. For example, somebody with a height of over 6 feet would generally be considered to be tall.
  2. (of a building, etc.) Having its top a long way up; having a great vertical (and often greater than horizontal) extent; high.
  3. (of a story) Hard to believe, such as a tall story or a tall tale.
  4. (chiefly US, of a cup of coffee) A cup of coffee smaller than grande, usually 8 ounces.
  5. (obsolete) Obsequious; obedient.
  6. (obsolete) Seemly; suitable; fitting, becoming, comely; attractive, handsome.
  7. (obsolete) Bold; brave; courageous; valiant.
  8. (archaic) Fine; proper; admirable; great; excellent.
  9. Synonyms:
      10. high, high rise, high-rise, multistorey, skyscraping, sky-scraping, towering, big, elevated, grand, lofty, sky-high, statuesque, altitudinous, giant, high-reaching, massive, monumental, raised, rising, soaring, stately, towery, ascending, colossal, gigantic, immense, imposing, alpine, prodigious, uplifted, upraised, not short, aerial, airy, lifted, spiring, multistory, skyward, upheaved, uprisen, huge, large, magnificent, great, steep, stratospheric, formidable, mountainous, multistoried … more
  10. Examples:
      11. “With over three hundred skyscrapers, the city of Hong Kong currently has the most number of tall buildings in the world.”
      “He chose to pursue a career in sports because he was naturally tall and athletic.”
      “He had, by this time, changed quite a bit from the tall, scrawny boy he used to be.”
tallsome
  1. Marked, or characterised by tallness
tallish
  1. somewhat tall
  2. Examples:
      3. “It comprised mostly subalpine ground with tallish heather, blaeberry, and crowberry, with some patches of short heath.”
      “Peaty soils dominated hollows and lower slopes with tallish heather, and subalpine soils dominated the freely drained ground with short heath.”
      “In strode a tallish woman with the Captain's crest on the side of her uniform.”
taller
  1. comparative form of tall: more tall
  2. Synonyms:
      3. higher, loftier, bigger, grander, larger, greater, huger, immenser, more skyscraping, more statuesque, more imposing, more elevated, more soaring, more towering, more altitudinous, more colossal, more gigantic, more magnificent, more massive, more monumental, more towery, more alpine, more formidable, more uplifted, statelier, more prodigious, more mountainous, more mammoth, more sizable, more gargantuan, heftier, more enormous, more humongous, more almighty, more oversize, more substantial, more ginormous, more humungous, more tremendous, more monstrous, more mastodonic, more brobdingnagian, vaster, more titanic, more elephantine, more astronomic, mightier, more astronomical, more cosmic, more stupendous … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The taller one spoke next, breaking the silence with his voice echoing throughout the metallic rafters high above them.”
      “Cut two squares, a half-inch wider and taller than the opening, from clear adhesive paper.”
      “His light brown hair was wavering in the breeze and he was taller than her mother.”
tallest
  1. superlative form of tall: most tall
  2. Synonyms:
      3. highest, loftiest, grandest, most towering, biggest, most statuesque, most imposing, most massive, most monumental, immensest, most colossal, most gigantic, largest, most mountainous, hugest, greatest, most enormous, most humongous, most sizable, most gargantuan, most mammoth, heftiest, most ginormous, most monstrous, most tremendous, most substantial, most almighty, most oversize, most humungous, most mastodonic, most brobdingnagian, most skyscraping, most elevated, most towery, most altitudinous, most soaring, stateliest, most prodigious, most uplifted, most alpine, most magnificent, most formidable, vastest, most titanic, most astronomic, grossest, most elephantine, most extensive, most excessive, most immeasurable … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Either could be used to broadcast from a transmitter on top of Toronto's CN Tower, the world's tallest free-standing structure.”
      “As a child, Sara would climb the tallest tree to prove the knot of fear in her belly didn't exist.”
      “Just before the town of Pemberton, you'll see signs for Warren National Park and the Bicentennial Tree, one of the tallest karris in the area.”
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