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half-hoping
adjective
- having or expressing some hope
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She remained a long time in the water, half hoping that Mademoiselle Reisz would not wait for her.
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He began scratching up the sand for a few moments, and I watched him, half hoping and believing that he might be right.
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He paused uneasily, half hoping she would move or speak; but only the sound of a choked sob came to him, and he shivered.
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Slowly I took my way towards the house and sought Lady Ellinor, half hoping, half dreading to find her alone.
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I opened it, half hoping, half fearing, that Jane herself might have come to see me.
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