semitreasonable

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

semi- +‎ treasonable

Adjective[edit]

semitreasonable (not comparable)

  1. Somewhat or partially treasonable.
    • 1987, Julian May, Intervention:
      My reluctance to sacrifice myself on the altar of mental science was viewed as semitreasonable by Denis's chief associate []
    • 1998, Paul Finkelman, Joseph Calder Miller, Macmillan Encyclopedia of World Slavery, volume 2, page 757:
      These letters, which Ramsey stipulated must be kept out of the committee's report and were to be returned to him after the convention (presumably because of their semitreasonable content), were []