semi-liquid

Adjective

semi-liquid (comparative more semi-liquid, superlative most semi-liquid)

1. Viscous.
   • Labor-economic considerations have often necessitated transition from solid/ liquid-manure management to semi-liquid-manure management.1982, Arnold Finck, Fertilizers and Fertilization, page 157
   • More and more foods are being developed that would be classed by the consumer as being semi-solid or semi-liquid.2003, B M McKenna, Texture in Food: Semi-Solid Foods, page xv
2. Able to flow but not completely freely.
   • According to Keynes, the classical approach to the transactions demand for money was incomplete because it ignored the possibility of the people choosing to hold money as an asset instead of holding other liquid or semi-liquid assets, particularly bonds, when their prices are expected to fall.2004, R. Jayaprakash Reddy, Advanced Monitory Theory & Policies, page 65
   • We classify other types of loans as semi-liquid assets, including consumer loans, loans to the government, and interbank loans.2015, Zuzana Fungacova, Rima Turk, Laurent Weill, High Liquidity Creation and Bank Failures, page 10