half-serious
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adjective
not entirely serious
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Derived forms of half-serious
halfseriously, adverbWords nearby half-serious
half-round file, half-ruined, half-seas over, half-second, half-section, half-serious, half-share, half shell, halfsies, half-silvered, half sister
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