English edit

Etymology edit

family +‎ -ish

Adjective edit

familyish (comparative more familyish, superlative most familyish)

  1. (informal) Suitable for, or characteristic of, family.
    • 2009 August 16, Joyce Cohen, “Pickiness Pays Off for an Apartment Hunter”, in New York Times[1]:
      Her new neighborhood had to be “more familyish, less hipsterish,” and preferably near Prospect Park, which she liked better than McCarren Park, so packed with exercisers that it felt like an athletic field.