semiattached

[ sem-ee-uh-tacht, sem-ahy- ]

/ ˌsɛm i əˈtætʃt, ˌsɛm aɪ- /

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adjective

partially attached; semidetached.

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Origin of semiattached

First recorded in 1860–65; semi- + attached

Here they are semi-touching at a grocery store; she likes kombucha.
All Your Internet Boyfriends Are Taken: Gosling, Cumberbatch, and now Joseph Gordon-Levitt|Melissa Leon|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
It is hard to feel attached to where you are if you are always thinking of where you have been or where you are going.
Will Texas Stay Texan?|David Fontana|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Twin girls, Greta and Grace, run around the floor in circles, wearing pink playsuits with tiny pink wings attached.
A Sunni-Shia Love Story Imperiled by al Qaeda|Ruth Michaelson|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Brinsley stepped up to the passenger side of the patrol car, raised a silver Taurus semi-automatic pistol and began firing.
'Please Don't Die!': The Frantic Battle to Save Murdered Cops|Michael Daly|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Corden has actually been attached to Into the Woods since the first reading of the screenplay two-and-a-half years ago.
New ‘Late Late Show’ Host James Corden Would Like to Manage Your Expectations|Kevin Fallon|December 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The commander-in-chief still kept him attached to the headquarter staff, and constantly employed him on special service.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
This takes at first the crude device of a couple of vertical lines attached to the head (see Fig. 4).
Children's Ways|James Sully
In shape it is curved, like those things for candles attached to upright pianos, but with a weighted foot to hold it firm.
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
If the capital letter S were cut into two parts, and the bottom half attached to the top half, it would make a nought .
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
It does not appear, however, that any special significance is attached to this singular fancy.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.