minded
adjective
having a certain kind of mind (usually used in combination).
half-minded
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a word derived from
minded.
Example Sentences
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As he stood in the shadow on the opposite side of the street, with his cap under his arm, Raymond felt half-minded not to enter the inn which hung out so uninviting a sign.
From Yellow-Cap and Other Fairy-Stories For Children by Julian Hawthorne
I could imagine the place under some weird spell, and was half-minded to search out the princess.
From The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) Du Bois
She was half-minded to rise abruptly and surprise the Countess, as the Countess had surprised her; to ask why she had come, and to show that she was not welcome.
From The Second Latchkey by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson
But at the gate Jan stopped and glanced back, as if half-minded to go in again.
From The Emperor of Portugalia by Velma Swanston Howard
For a few moments I was all in a flutter, and half-minded to take to my heels like a foolish boy.
From The Cryptogram A Story of Northwest Canada by William Murray Graydon
