semi-big

Updated: July 5, 2026

Cradell was gone, so that he did not see him on that afternoon; but he had an opportunity of shaking hands with Mr Love, who treated him with all the smiling courtesy due to an official bigwig, for a private secretary, if not absolutely a big-wig, is semi-big, and entitled to a certain amount of reverence; and he passed Mr Kissing in the passage, hurrying along as usual with a huge book under his arm.

Anthony Trollope - The Small House at Allington