semiserious

American  

[sem-ee-seer-ee-uhs, sem-ahy-] / ˌsɛm iˈsɪər i əs, ˌsɛm aɪ- /

adjective

1. having some seriousness; partly serious.

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Other Word Forms

• semiseriously adverb
• semiseriousness noun

Etymology

Origin of semiserious

semi- + serious

Example Sentences

That’s why, if you’ve got a serious home-theater system — or even a semiserious one with three or more components — a universal remote control is an amazing device to own.

From Seattle Times

Walter Bernstein, 101, a scriptwriter who was blacklisted in the 1950s for his Communist Party membership and who two decades later skewered the McCarthy era in “The Front,” a film that starred Woody Allen in a rare semiserious role and earned an Oscar nomination for best screenplay, died Jan. 23 at home in Manhattan.

From Seattle Times

Baldessari’s semiserious, stamp-printed jest surreptitiously bumped aside the Cubist painter being named.

From Los Angeles Times

Is this a dramatic, semiserious argument that is mostly underlining the point that something out of the ordinary needs to be done?

From Slate

That friend had another friend, at another office job, who repeatedly forced her body to do the deed so quickly — racing from cubicle to bathroom and back, in an effort to deflect attention from what she might be doing in there — that it led to a semiserious hemorrhoid problem.

From Seattle Times