saltish
Example Sentences
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They sipped on their saltish Kashmiri pink tea a little longer instead of starting on the buffet their host had set out.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 23, 2017
It had no taste, except, perhaps, that it was a little saltish.
From Sidonia, the Sorceress : the Supposed Destroyer of the Whole Reigning Ducal House of Pomerania — Volume 1 by Wilhelm Meinhold
As we approach Marseilles, we cross a dreary flat of wide extent, covered with stones and saltish grass, and said to produce the finest cattle in France.
From From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey by Julia Ward Howe
Why does a bottle of fresh water, corked and let down 30 or 40 feet into the sea, often come up again with the water saltish, although the cork be still in its place?
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 491, May 28, 1831 by Various
The termination ish added to adjectives, expresses a slight degree of quality below the comparative; as, black, blackish; salt, saltish.
From English Grammar in Familiar Lectures by Samuel Kirkham
