semiserious
[sem-ee-seer-ee-uh s, sem-ahy-]
- having some seriousness; partly serious.
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Origin of semiserious
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Examples from the Web for semi-serious
Contemporary Examples
John Boehner actually made a semi-serious offer in the fiscal talks.
Historical Examples
The semi-serious conclusion might have been uttered by himself, and he approved the tone without recognising the model.
CynthiaLeonard Merrick
This is a sort of half-way house between Cleveland's burlesques and his serious or semi-serious poems like Fuscara.
Minor Poets of the Caroline Period, Vol IIIJohn Cleveland
She and the General had been girl and boy together, and as they came to eighteen and nineteen had been semi-serious sweethearts.
Vanishing Roads and Other EssaysRichard Le Gallienne
All their talks together—now grave, now semi-serious, now wholly gay—she delighted to dwell upon.
AlettaBertram Mitford
She seemed to treat even her own grievances in this semi-serious way—one of them certainly, if her husband were one.
Double HarnessAnthony Hope