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semi-smiles

semi-smiles is the plural of semi-smile.

Meaning of semi-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
  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

Questions about semi-smiles

What is semi-smiles the plural of?
Semi-smiles is the plural of semi-smile.

Words near semi-smiles in the dictionary

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

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