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semi-smile

semi-smile noun: a faint smile.

Noun

semi-smile (plural semi-smiles)

  1. A faint smile.
    • She curled her pink lips upward in a shy semi-smile.2004, Susan M. Kirschbaum, “Frills and Chills”, in The New York Observer
    • I saw him glance at his wife, and she gave a semi-smile of approval.1874, Mrs. Macquoid, Appletons' Journal: Volume 12, D. Appleton & Co., page 623
  2. A suppressed or forced smile.
    • He stood looking at nothing in particular, with the blushing, awkward air and semi-smile which are common to shy boys when in company, -- very much as if they had come into the world by mistake, and found it in a degree of undress that was quite embarrassing.2008, Charles H. Sylvester, Journeys Through Bookland, Volume 7, Wildside Press, page 34

semi-smile meaning in Tamil

semi-smile in Tamil

அரைப்புன்னகை

Forms of semi-smile

pluralsemi-smiles

Origin of semi-smile

From semi- + smile.

Questions about semi-smile

What does semi-smile mean?
Semi-smile means a faint smile.
What is semi-smile in Tamil?
Semi-smile in Tamil is அரைப்புன்னகை. See Semi-smile meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is semi-smile?
Semi-smile is a noun.
What is the plural of semi-smile?
The plural of semi-smile is semi-smiles.

Words near semi-smile in the dictionary

  1. semi-shippers
  2. semi-single
  3. semi-skilled
  4. semi-skimmed
  5. semi-skimmed milk
  6. semi-smile
  7. semi-smiles
  8. semi-soft
  9. semi-solid
  10. semi-solids
  11. semi-solus

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