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
They are color-splashed canvases of garden-party scenes and beach outings and freeze-framed men and women, sad-eyed or mysterious or half-smiling, crowding out blank space.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 23, 2015
He put the question softly, half-smiling, as if it were extremely subtle and he wished the subtlety to be noticed.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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