semiattached en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor. English semi- English attached English semiattached From semi- + attached.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Attached on one side; sharing a wall with a neighboring residential building.
A tidy New England -style enclave of 1,173 people on the cusp of Queens, the village is just a few blocks but a less congested world away from their semiattached house in Bellerose Terrace, a more middle-class unincorporated hamlet, also in Hempstead.
2009 February 8, Marcelle S. Fischler, “Hidden Away Next to Everything”, in New York Times:
- (not-comparable) Partially bound by affection or interest.