half-gracious

Updated: June 2, 2025

Albert Moss, resplendent in bridal finery, and displaying her white teeth in a broad smile, as with a nod, half-gracious, half-apologetic, she said, 'I fear we interrupt a lesson; but we will not inconvenience you; we will go at once to our dear convalescent. 'Thank you, you do not interrupt me, and I do not think my sister is dressed yet.

Charlotte Mary Yonge - Heartsease, Or, the Brother's Wife