twelveish

Approximately midday time

Twelveish means approximately twelve, usually referring to time: I'll meet you at twelveish.

The -ish suffix signals flexibility—somewhere around noon or midnight, give or take fifteen or thirty minutes.

It can also describe quantities: There were twelveish people at the party.

approximation

noonish

Approximately at noon

thereabouts

casual

ish

Means approximately

vaguely · imprecise · flexible · noncommittal · uncommitted · easygoing · relaxed · laid-back

Opposites
precision

twelveishhigh noon

Solar zenith, or confrontation

time of day

twelveishsixish

Approximately six o'clock

sevenish · elevenish

Family

twelve, twelfth, twelves, twelvefold, twelvemonth

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