half-civilized

American  

[haf-siv-uh-lahyzd, hahf-siv-uh-lahyzd] / ˈhæfˈsɪv əˌlaɪzd, ˈhɑfˈsɪv əˌlaɪzd /

adjective

1. somewhat civilized, polite, or self-controlled.

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half-civilized

They travel through what feels very much like a half-civilized stretch of frontier, encountering a motley collection of bandits, farmers, stagecoach drivers and talkative oddballs.

From New York Times ● Jan. 21, 2016

The Scholars had more important things to do than attend to the affections of a half-wild, half-civilized girl, left among them by chance.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman

Lee reconnoitred the position from the cupola of the college, over which the Confederate hospital-flag was flying,—thus violating what has been deemed even by half-civilized races a principle of honor.

From The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy by Charles Carleton Coffin

Diabolo!" muttered the two Zambos, who had witnessed the young man's hazardous progress with that mute admiration and sympathy which the exhibition of bodily strength and activity is apt to excite, especially amongst half-civilized men—"Diabolo!

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 353, March 1845 by Various

In half-civilized peoples elaborate cosmogonies arise, in which the sky is introduced along with sun, moon, and stars.

From Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV by Morris Jastrow