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semigratuitous

semigratuitous adjective: somewhat but not entirely gratuitous.

Adjective

semigratuitous (comparative more semigratuitous, superlative most semigratuitous)

  1. Somewhat but not entirely gratuitous
    • Making Sabina and Franz more marginal--in effect, characters who matter only in relation to Tomas and Tereza--the film never knows quite what to do with them; Franz, in particular, seems stranded in a semigratuitous Gig Young part, and the movie drops him like a hot potato the first chance that it...1988 February 12, Jonathan Rosenbaum, “Unwarranted Heaviness”, in Chicago Reader

Forms of semigratuitous

comparativemore semigratuitous
superlativemost semigratuitous

Origin of semigratuitous

From semi- + gratuitous.

Questions about semigratuitous

What does semigratuitous mean?
Semigratuitous means somewhat but not entirely gratuitous.
What part of speech is semigratuitous?
Semigratuitous is an adjective.

Words near semigratuitous in the dictionary

  1. semigraphic
  2. semigraphical
  3. semigraphics
  4. semigraphitic
  5. semigration
  6. semigratuitous
  7. semigregarious
  8. semigroud
  9. semigrouds
  10. semigroup
  11. semigroup homomorphism

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