"semifinally" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From semi- + finally.",
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          "ref": "1971, Theodore M. Bernstein, Miss Thistlebottom's Hobgoblins:",
          "text": "Semifinally, when a pronoun is involved, the possessive case is invariable: “Dick is a friend of hers,” not “Dick is a friend of her.”\nFinally, despite the not infrequent questions that are raised, the double genitive is of long standing, idiomatic, useful and here to stay.",
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        "Almost finally; penultimately."
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