With the necessary prowess of the semiliterate, Heed had a flawless memory, and like most nonreaders, she was highly numerate.
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Semiliterate
Synonyms for "semiliterate" (4 found)
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Polish
1 entries- na wpół piśmienny adj (not entirely literate)
Portuguese
1 entries- semiletrado adj (not entirely literate)
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If Rita Mae Brown were an exceptional writer, I might be more willing to give an ear to her pontificating […] But even as a pulp writer, Brown will have to treat lesbians as more than a bunch of anencephalic semi-literates who will sanctify her name forevermore. We have to have the guts to say, "Keep editing, Rita Mae; paper is cheap and we expect better!"
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