semirespectable

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adjective

Somewhat or partly respectable.

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Meanings

adjectivesemirespectable (not comparable)
  1. not comparableSomewhat or partly respectable.

    A few minutes later he bade the policeman adieu, and, with a slip of paper in his pocket bearing a certain address in a semirespectable quarter, he walked briskly toward the nearest taxi stand.

    1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 46

Origin

From semi- + respectable.

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APA

semirespectable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semirespectable

MLA

“semirespectable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semirespectable. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “semirespectable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semirespectable.

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