half-smiling
Americanadjective
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In portraits we have of him, he's also half-smiling, Mona Lisa-style, as if he knows a secret.
From Salon ● Apr. 6, 2022
When we jump to Ellie as an adult, she’s standing outside, half-smiling, gazing out at the Arecibo telescope with quiet joy.
From Slate ● Nov. 23, 2020
Just the look on Bert’s sad, half-smiling face is enough to clue Charlie to just how bruising the divorce process, including squabbling over child custody, is going to be.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2019
“I don’t even remember tweeting that out,” he says, half-smiling and sweating in the heat.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 25, 2018
She never failed, at this—which was why he never failed to do it—to blush, half-smiling, half-frowning, and nervously to touch the collar of her dress.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
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