semirespectable

English

Etymology

From semi- +‎ respectable.

Adjective

semirespectable (not comparable)

1. Somewhat or partly respectable.
   • 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 46:

     A few minutes later he bade the policeman adieu, and, with a slip of paper in his pocket bearing a certain address in a semirespectable quarter, he walked briskly toward the nearest taxi stand.