Semirespectable

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Somewhat or partly respectable. not-comparable

    "A few minutes later he bade the policeman adieu, and, with a slip of paper in his pocket bearing a certain address in a semirespectable quarter, he walked briskly toward the nearest taxi stand."

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"A few minutes later he bade the policeman adieu, and, with a slip of paper in his pocket bearing a certain address in a semirespectable quarter, he walked briskly toward the nearest taxi stand."

Etymology

From semi- + respectable.

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