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semispontaneous

semispontaneous adjective: partly spontaneous.

Adjective

semispontaneous (not comparable)

  1. Partly spontaneous.
    • semispontaneous speech
    • the semispontaneous rise of a social movement

Origin of semispontaneous

From semi- + spontaneous.

Questions about semispontaneous

What does semispontaneous mean?
Semispontaneous means partly spontaneous.
What part of speech is semispontaneous?
Semispontaneous is an adjective.

Words near semispontaneous in the dictionary

  1. semispinales
  2. semispinalis
  3. semispiral
  4. semispirals
  5. semispontaneity
  6. semispontaneous
  7. semispontaneously
  8. semisquare
  9. semisquares
  10. semistability
  11. semistable

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