inclined
adjective
deviating in direction from the horizontal or vertical; sloping.
half-inclined
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a word derived from
inclined.
Example Sentences
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Candidly, Mr. Lester," he said, "I was half-inclined to excuse myself.
From That Affair at Elizabeth by Burton Egbert Stevenson
The officers looked at each other incredulously, suspiciously, half-inclined to disobey; for the battle was hardly yet begun, and this first check was not a rout.
From Joscelyn Cheshire A Story of Revolutionary Days in the Carolinas by Sara Beaumont Kennedy
Last night," I said, "I was half-inclined to believe that something of the sort had happened.
From That Affair at Elizabeth by Burton Egbert Stevenson
He was half-inclined to believe Nathan Dobb was out of his mind.
From Leo the Circus Boy by Edward Stratemeyer
As he stood there the man he had met in the plantation came to his mind and he was half-inclined to speak to the doctor of the incident.
From The Green Rust by Edgar Wallace
