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fish⋅y

   [fish-ee]
–adjective, fish⋅i⋅er, fish⋅i⋅est.
1. like a fish in shape, smell, taste, or the like.
2. consisting of fish.
3. abounding in fish.
4. Informal. improbable, as a story; unlikely.
5. Informal. of questionable character; suspicious: The sudden knockout was fishy.
6. dull and expressionless: fishy eyes.
Origin:
1540–50; fish + -y 1
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fish·y     (fĭsh'ē)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   fish·i·er, fish·i·est
  1. Resembling or suggestive of fish, as in taste or odor.
  2. Cold or expressionless: a fishy stare.
  3. Informal Inspiring doubt or suspicion: Something is fishy about the accident.
fish'i·ly adv., fish'i·ness n.
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Fishiness

Fish"i*ness\, n. The state or quality of being fishy or fishlike. --Pennant.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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