disposed
adjective
having a certain inclination or disposition; inclined (usually followed by to or an infinitive).
half-disposed
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a word derived from
disposed.
Example Sentences
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She watched him furtively, half-disposed to return to the seat opposite his, but there was an artificiality about his absorption that restrained her.
From The Greater Inclination by Edith Wharton
“No,” replied Mr Braine; “and in spite of my long experience of the man, I am half-disposed to think that I may be wrong.”
From The Rajah of Dah by George Manville Fenn
The sympathy moved me, and I felt half-disposed to tear up my "pass" and stay with them to see it through.
From Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben by Henry Charles Mahoney
Dinner was announced in due time, and he was half-disposed not to go; but he joined the officers, and obtained permission from the captain to visit his mother’s room to tea.
From The Young Castellan A Tale of the English Civil War by George Manville Fenn
Faith, I’m half-disposed to make ye throw the stirrups over the nag’s neck, and I would if we’d toime.
From Charge! A Story of Briton and Boer by George Manville Fenn
