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half-opened

American  
[haf oh-puhnd] / ˈhæf ˈoʊ pənd /

adjective

  1. partly open; open, but not all the way.


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Similar thefts appeared to take place in the small town of Vye Terre near Les Cayes, where a second AP photographer witnessed a group of men pulling large sacks from a half-opened container truck.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 20, 2021

There on television was Kotleba’s boyish face, adorned with a thin moustache, a gap shaved in the middle to create the effect of a half-opened drawbridge.

From The Guardian • Feb. 14, 2019

Abdu closed his son’s blank, half-opened eyes and removed the IV from his arm.

From Washington Post • Jun. 23, 2018

The décor is attractive but spare, and although she has lived there for two years, she has not entirely unpacked; suitcases and half-opened boxes of books lean up against one wall.

From The New Yorker • May 11, 2015

The adjutant stared at me through the half-opened door.

From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier

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