semiserious

[ sem-ee-seer-ee-uhs, sem-ahy- ]

/ ˌsɛm iˈsɪər i əs, ˌsɛm aɪ- /

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having some seriousness; partly serious.

QUIZZES

In effect, this quiz will prove whether or not you have the skills to know the difference between “affect” and “effect.”

Question 1 of 7

The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

sem·i·se·ri·ous·ly, adverbsem·i·se·ri·ous·ness, noun

The pulps brought new readers to serious fiction, making it less intimidating with alluring art and low prices.
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I like the idea of Jon Hamm… There have been discussions—though I'm not sure how serious they've been.
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Whatever the reason, and however absurd their beliefs may seem, American evangelicals are deadly serious.
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He said it was okay, that he had been busy too… busy fighting serious intestinal problems.
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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
Joe looked at her with a smile, his face still solemn and serious for all its youth and the fires of new-lit hope behind his eyes.
The Bondboy|George W. (George Washington) Ogden
It is the dramatic impulse of childhood endeavouring to bring life into the dulness of the serious hours.
Children's Ways|James Sully
Between South and North, the probabilities of a serious, and no very distant rupture, are strong and manifest.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
Never then was there a moment in which there was greater need for sane and serious thought.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
Though the amount played for is serious, a good deal of rather bald conversation and chaff goes on.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills