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half-serious
adjective
- not entirely serious
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Derived Forms
- ˌhalfˈseriously, adverb
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Example Sentences
Detroiters, now erecting a Robocop statue as a half-joking, half-serious morale boost, may want to consider bronzing Mulally next.
He gazed down contemplatively, with a half serious look, master of himself and of the horse as well.
Her first complaints, however, are half playful, half serious.
Old Nick laid down his pipe and put on his glasses, and sat watching the other with an expression only half serious.
He was half-serious, and I acknowledged that the affair was rather nerve wearing.
He looked down at her with an expression half-quizzical, half-serious.
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