semiprivate

[ sem-ee-prahy-vit, sem-ahy- ]

adjective

1. having some degree of privacy but not fully private, as a hospital room with fewer beds than a ward.

Other Words From

• sem·i·pri·va·cy [sem-ee-, prahy, -v, uh, -see, sem-ahy-], noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of semiprivate¹

First recorded in 1875–80; semi- + private

Example Sentences

Former top New York Times editor Jill Abramson wrote in praise of McNeil’s reporting and suggested that Times readers hadn’t been hurt by what he said in a semiprivate setting.

From Washington Post

He strolled about, reading the names over the small shops, the corner public house, the dressmakers' semiprivate residences.

From Project Gutenberg