half relief

American  

noun

1. mezzo-relievo.

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Example Sentences

Some of the blades are watered, others chased in half relief with hunting-scenes—some serrated, others flamboyant.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878. by Various

There, with a few gentle words, she dismissed him, and when the sound of his measured footsteps had diminished, she closed the door with a little gasp of half relief, and turned to the window.

From The Crevice by Grefé, Will

When the reply arrived David crushed it in his hand with a strange look, half bitterness, half relief, and flung it behind a piece of furniture standing near.

From The History of David Grieve by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

The sharp shaft of the sun, bearing down like a spot-light, brought into half relief the mature lines of the body and the agreeable, if serious, features.

From The Salamander by Johnson, Owen

Dolly rose from her seat with a sigh which was half relief.

From Vagabondia 1884 by Burnett, Frances Hodgson