"semifunny" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} semifunny (not comparable)
  1. Alternative form of semi-funny Tags: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Alternative form of: semi-funny
    Sense id: en-semifunny-en-adj-rqY-LwGP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "1953 November 25, “Heimlich, Still Und Leise (Secretly, Quietly & Softly) (German)”, in Variety, volume 192, number 12, New York, N.Y., page 24:",
          "text": "Her servant is secretly selling gossip about her to a scandal sheet, and this angle provides some of the semifunny situations.",
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          "ref": "1960, Jack Whiffen, “At Last”, in Too True: The Poems of Jack Whiffen, page 61:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
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        {
          "ref": "2011 April 15, “More movies: A sampling of new offerings on the big screen this weekend”, in Lansing State Journal, page 2C:",
          "text": "On screen is, and there the film falls curiously flat, playing as a semifunny joke that goes on too long.",
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