half-affirmatively

Updated: April 18, 2026

Turning back the fair hair that hung over his forehead, Mrs. Langford looked into his eyes, saying, half-interrogatively, half-affirmatively, "All right, Fred? Nothing that we need be afraid to tell Uncle Geoffrey? Well, Henrietta, he is grown, but he has not passed you yet.

Charlotte Mary Yonge - Henrietta's Wish : Or, Domineering