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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“Kape back,” said the girl, pushing Larry aside, with a half-pleased, half-angry expression.
From The Golden Dream Adventures in the Far West by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
Phineas, half-pleased and half-disgusted, had no alternative, and followed Lady Glencora.
From Phineas Finn The Irish Member by Anthony Trollope
Kenneth lay back, looking sadly shamefaced; and his father half-pleased, half-annoyed, as he opened the door and dismissed the dogs, but not unkindly.
From Three Boys or the Chiefs of the Clan Mackhai by George Manville Fenn
“Do you s'pose that's it?” said Mrs. Zelotes, her old face relaxing into half-shamed, half-pleased smiles.
From The Portion of Labor by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
Miriam flushed, half-angry and half-pleased at the adroit compliment.
From Grace Harlowe's Plebe Year at High School The Merry Doings of the Oakdale Freshmen Girls by Jessie Graham [pseud.] Flower
