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semi-smile en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From semi- + smile.

Meanings

1. A faint smile.
   • She curled her pink lips upward in a shy semi-smile. 2004, Susan M. Kirschbaum, “Frills and Chills”, in The New York Observer:
   • I saw him glance at his wife, and she gave a semi-smile of approval. 1874, Mrs. Macquoid, Appletons' Journal: Volume 12, D. Appleton & Co., page 623:
2. A suppressed or forced smile.
   • He stood looking at nothing in particular, with the blushing, awkward air and semi-smile which are common to shy boys when in company, -- very much as if they had come into the world by mistake, and found it in a degree of undress that was quite embarrassing. 2008, Charles H. Sylvester, Journeys Through Bookland, Volume 7, Wildside Press, page 34:

Forms

Translations (7)

fi hymynkare (faint smile) · fi hymyntapainen (suppressed or forced smile) · ru полуулы́бка (faint smile) · ru натя́нутая улы́бка (suppressed or forced smile) · is hálfbrós (faint smile) · fi hymy (faint smile) · fi hymynkare (suppressed or forced smile)