semireformed

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

semi- +‎ reformed

Adjective[edit]

semireformed (not comparable)

  1. Reformed to a certain degree.
    • 2007 August 20, Kelefa Sanneh, “Outrageous Farce From R. Kelly: He’s In on the Joke, Right?”, in New York Times[1]:
      Many of his stock characters (the pastor with a secret, the nosy neighbors, the semireformed ex-con, the stuttering pimp) and melodramatic revelations would be at home in a play by Tyler Perry, Shelly Garrett, Angela Barrow-Dunlap or David E. Talbert.