please
adverb
(used as a polite addition to requests, commands, etc.) if you would be so obliging; kindly.
half-pleased
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a word derived from
please.
Example Sentences
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"Hang me if I know how long that would be," laughed Gillam, half-puzzled, half-pleased with the Frenchman's darting wits.
From Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)
Grace was half-pleased, half-sorry because she did not seem quite so necessary to her sister's happiness as before.
From Elsie on the Hudson by Finley, Martha
An uncertain smile, half-pleased, half-embarrassed, played about his lips.
From The Wish A Novel by Sudermann, Hermann
Polly looked from one to the other only half-pleased with all this familiarity.
From Heriot's Choice A Tale by Carey, Rosa Nouchette
The citizens rose, and Ludwig shook hands with them most politely, putting on a look which was half-pleased, half-annoyed, when they expressed at parting their regret for his mishap.
From The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II by Hoffmann, Ernst Theordor Wilhelm
