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
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
Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit was only half-right.
From Washington Post • Jun. 12, 2017
The drone of their engines came faintly from a great height, until, as if at some spoken word from the leader, the whole swung half-right and vanished into a bank of clouds.
From Men, Women and Guns by McNeile, H. C. (Herman Cyril)
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