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
The earworm jingle that opens “The Beverly Hillbillies” TV show gets it only half-right, because here, “swimming pools” got decoupled from “movie stars” many decades ago.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 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
Now he turned to the half-right and followed a narrow track across a neck of land that jutted out into the lake.
From The Ivory Trail by Mundy, Talbot
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