admitted
adjective
allowed to enter; granted entrance or entry.
half-admitted
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a word derived from
admitted.
Example Sentences
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He was acutely conscious of his only half-admitted reason for this visit.
From A Lost Leader by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
The borrowed plumes, the delegated authority of so many of his equals, raise him to a half-admitted equality with an English nobleman.
From Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry by T. W. (Thomas William) Rolleston
As they sat facing one another in the silent, half-darkened room, Mannering trying to bring himself into accord with half-admitted but repugnant convictions, she watching him hopelessly, the tinkle of a hansom bell sounded outside.
From A Lost Leader by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
Only since he had secretly half-admitted his vulnerability, had he thrown such an anchor to windward, and all his policies were new—too new to hold validity against self-destruction.
From Destiny by Charles Neville Buck
Hawthorne's breaking health soon affects the family with half-admitted dread.
From Memories of Hawthorne by Rose Hawthorne Lathrop
