Semi-funny

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Partially funny. not-comparable

    "The speaker commenced by thrusting his head out of a sort of window on one side of the stage, and, having requested the audience not to believe a word he said or anything they saw, proceeded to make a great many semi-funny remarks, of which you could not hear one-half, and wished you couldn’t hear the other."

Example

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"The speaker commenced by thrusting his head out of a sort of window on one side of the stage, and, having requested the audience not to believe a word he said or anything they saw, proceeded to make a great many semi-funny remarks, of which you could not hear one-half, and wished you couldn’t hear the other."

Etymology

From semi- + funny.

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