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half-seen

half-seen adjective: not fully or clearly seen; with the view obscured in some manner.

Adjective

half-seen (not comparable)

  1. Not fully or clearly seen; with the view obscured in some manner.
    • Then in a moment they acquired a vacant, terrified stare, as though they were striving to realise some half-seen horror.1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC

Questions about half-seen

What does half-seen mean?
Half-seen means not fully or clearly seen; with the view obscured in some manner.
What part of speech is half-seen?
Half-seen is an adjective.

Words near half-seen in the dictionary

  1. half-reps
  2. half-rocked
  3. half-round
  4. half-rounds
  5. half-royal
  6. half-seen
  7. half-shower
  8. half-showers
  9. half-sib
  10. half-sibling
  11. half-sibling-in-law

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