half-hoping
Britishadjective
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Three years ago, actor Bryan Cranston was half-hoping that he’d be assaulted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2016
At the very least, I was half-hoping they’d be trolled by Civil War re-enactors and comic-con dress ’em up hobbyists in Star Trek regalia.
From Salon ● Feb. 12, 2016
So instead, Christine began her own investigation, half-hoping to prove to herself that the company hadn’t been a scam.
From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2015
He was half-hoping, half-fearing that it might be a bear, or a big Canadian lynx with dreadful eyes and tufted ears.
From Children of the Wild by Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts
Girls in moorland farms lay awake, half-fearing, half-hoping to hear the saddle-chains of the laden horses, each led by a lover or a brother.
From Patsy by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
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