half smile
Noun
Meaning
half smile (plural half smiles)
A short-lived, partial, or seemingly uncertain smile.
half-smile (plural half-smiles)
Alternative form of half smile
Alternative names
half-smile
Examples
Well then," Faye said. "Now that you've heard our story, we have just one question to ask you." She fixed Cassie with an odd half smile and said in a sweet, false voice, "Are you planning to be a good witch or a bad witch?
Boseman’s feverishly ambitious trumpet player Levee exclaims, sporting a half-smile that registers as an endlessly complicated mix of resignation and pride.
Noa thought she saw her grandfather’s trademark half-smile and asked a doctor about it.
He gets a faraway look on his face, and he gives me a half-smile.
When Joel finally delivers the merest half-smile, the relief is felt as much by the audience as the parents.
Having escaped the party at the earliest possibleand the boy at the front desk—he was a young man, really, jocular and handsome—had checked them in with a knowing half-smile.