à demi-mot

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a d(ə).mi.mo/
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Adverb

à demi-mot

  1. half-spoken, in a way that is hinted at
    • 1902, Jules Verne, Les Frères Kip:
      Len Cannon était assez intelligent pour comprendre à demi-mot que cela s’adressait à ses camarades des Three-Magpies comme à lui-même
      Len Cannon was smart enough to get the hint that it was aimed at his Three-Magpies shipmates as much as at him himself.

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