| ADJECTIVE | pert | fishy | of or relating to or resembling fish |
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| all | fishy, funny, shady, suspect, suspicious | not as expected |
| Sounds | fih'shiy | |
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| Rhymes | ashy ... xi / XI: 21 rhymes with shiy... | |
| Meaning | Of or relating to or resembling fish. | |
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| Example | "the soup had a fishy smell" | |
| Nouns | fish | any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills |
| Meaning | not as expected. | |
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| Example | "there was something fishy about the accident" | |
| Synonyms | funny, shady, suspect, suspicious | |
| Broader | questionable | subject to question |
| Usage of | colloquialism | A colloquial expression |
| Spanish | dudoso, extraño, raro, sospechoso | |
| Catalan | dubtós, estrany, rar, sospitós | |
| Adverbs | fishily | in a questionably unusual manner |
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