Semigratuitous
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Semigratuitous is an adjective meaning Somewhat but not entirely gratuitous.
Meaning
Somewhat but not entirely gratuitous.
Example Sentences
Making Sabina and Franz more marginal--in effect, characters who matter only in relation to Tomas and Tereza--the film never knows quite what to do with them; Franz, in particular, seems stranded in a semigratuitous Gig Young part, and the movie drops him like a hot potato the first chance that it gets.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include nongratuitous, gratuitious, gratuitous, semiforeign, subaltricial, nonobligatory.
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