semicommercial en · ADJ
Etymology
From semi- + commercial.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Partly commercial; having some aspects that are commercial and some that are not.
A Havemeyer Street apartment was near popular bars, but it was in a walk-up; An apartment on South First Street was still being renovated; A Maujer Street apartment was spacious, though also on a semicommercial block; Chris Roan, left, and Justin Fluck settle into their Brooklyn flat after a long search.
2007 June 17, Joyce Cohen, “Roommates Who Almost Weren’t”, in New York Times: