Quasi

//ˈkweɪˌzaɪ// adj

adj ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling or having a likeness to the named thing. not-comparable

    "So in summation gentlemen. What you have before you is a troop transport that can't carry troops, a reconnaissance vehicle that's too conspicuous to do reconnaissance, and a quasi tank that has less armor than a snowblower, god has enough ammo to take out half of D.C."

Adjective
  1. 1
    having some resemblance wordnet

Synonyms

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-ass-form-ish-like-ly-oid

Example

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"So in summation gentlemen. What you have before you is a troop transport that can't carry troops, a reconnaissance vehicle that's too conspicuous to do reconnaissance, and a quasi tank that has less armor than a snowblower, god has enough ammo to take out half of D.C."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin quasi (“as if”).

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