half-seen

adjective

Not fully or clearly seen; with the view obscured in some manner.

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Meanings

adjectivehalf-seen (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot fully or clearly seen; with the view obscured in some manner.

    Then in a moment they acquired a vacant, terrified stare, as though they were striving to realise some half-seen horror.

    1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC

Translations

Esperanto duone-vidita
  • duone-viditainformed
Cite this entry
APA

half-seen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/half-seen

MLA

“half-seen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/half-seen. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “half-seen,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/half-seen.

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