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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Example Sentences

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 Coffin, Charles Carleton

Here his experience in equipping an expedition, and in managing half-civilized men, further fitted him for his great work in the north land.

From Modern Americans A Biographical School Reader for the Upper Grades by Sanford, Chester Milton

The existence of the custom is attested for the larger part of the ancient civilized and half-civilized world, and for many more recent peoples.

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