semifunny

See also: semi-funny

English

Adjective

semifunny (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of semi-funny
   • 1953 November 25, “Heimlich, Still Und Leise (Secretly, Quietly & Softly) (German)”, in Variety, volume 192, number 12, New York, N.Y., page 24:

     Her servant is secretly selling gossip about her to a scandal sheet, and this angle provides some of the semifunny situations.

   • 1960, Jack Whiffen, “At Last”, in Too True: The Poems of Jack Whiffen, page 61:

     For forty years or more or less, / I’ve struggled to achieve success / And fill my ever-empty purse / By writing semifunny verse, / To advertise my unknown name / And niche it in the hall of fame.

   • 2011 April 15, “More movies: A sampling of new offerings on the big screen this weekend”, in Lansing State Journal, page 2C:

     On screen is, and there the film falls curiously flat, playing as a semifunny joke that goes on too long.