half-right
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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The best companies prove the hype was half-right all along.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 2, 2025
So according to Sebens, in a way, Pauli and Lorentz were half-right: there isn’t a spinning particle.
From Scientific American • Nov. 22, 2022
It doesn’t take June long to realize Mick’s prediction about their future — “I’ll never leave you Junie. And you’ll never leave me.” — was only half-right.
From Washington Post • May 27, 2021
But in truth, one surprising realization is how much these predictors got right, half-right or sort of right.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 13, 2020
They who said that Linda was mad at this time were probably half-right; but if so, her madness had shown itself in none of those forms which are held to justify interference by authority.
From Linda Tressel by Trollope, Anthony
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