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Meanings of half serious in English

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Usage of half serious in English
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Her eyes were full of half serious reproach, of laughter and enticement.
The Northern Iron
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An expression that was half serious, half comical, stole over each face.
The Camp in the Snow; Or, Besieged by Danger
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He was smiling half whimsically: his voice was only half serious.
Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1930
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The king noticed it, and said, with a manner half smiling, half serious:
King Candaules
5
She pushed her cup away impatiently, half laughing and half serious.
Winding Paths
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Gorham smiled at the expression on his wife's face, half serious, half humorous.
The Lever: A Novel
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Her pert face looked up at him, half serious, half amused.
The Demolished Man
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I haven't time to do raffia work, cried Roger, half laughing, half serious.
The Forbidden Trail
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The one Arthur abandoned. He was half teasing, half serious.
A duty to the dead
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Such is the discourse, half playful, half serious, which I dedicate to the god.
Symposium
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Her reflections took a strange turn, half serious, half humorous.
Mary Minds Her Business
12
Thackeray, to be sure, can write good ballads, half serious.
Letters of Edward FitzGerald, in Two Volumes. Vol. 1
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The girl, with bright eyes and smiling lips-half laughing, half serious-lookedtoward her mate.
The Eyes of the World
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I don't think he was really comparing himself to the Don, he was half serious.
News.com.au
15
Then Holcroft related in a half comic, half serious manner his tribulations with the help.
He Fell in Love with His Wife
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It was only in fitful anger-half sport, half serious.
After the Storm
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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