1. approximately forty years old; around forty
Usage: informal; used to describe someone whose age is close to but not exactly forty

Examples

• She's a fortyish woman with gray streaks in her hair.
• He looked fortyish, though he might have been a few years younger.
• The fortyish actor still had the energy of someone much younger.
• My uncle is fortyish and just started a new career.
• The fortyish crowd at the reunion seemed to have aged well.