squarish

Etymology

square + -ish

adj

  1. approximately square
    When they reached the foot of the hill they caught a glimpse of what might be rocks on each side—squarish rocks, if you looked at them carefully, but no one did. 1953, C. S. Lewis, chapter 7, in The Silver Chair, Collins, published 1998
    The cars, which are of pleasing but somewhat squarish outline, are unstreamlined. 1963 August, W. Shepherd, “Stockholm's modern underground railway”, in Modern Railways, page 96
    1996, Kenzaburō Ōe, An Echo of Heaven (1989), translated by Margaret Mitsutani, Tokyo: Kondansha International, Chapter 1, p. 22, She gaily thrust her squarish chin toward the front of the tent.
  2. oblong

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