half-formally

Updated: June 12, 2025

I knew what that meant to her, and she must have known I knew, but she didn't show it by so much as the quiver of an eyelash. Only a faint, faint color showed in her sallow cheek, and she bowed, half-formally, half-friendly. "Thank you, Miss Smith," said she, gallantly.

Marie Conway Oemler - A Woman Named Smith