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Discover LudwigThe phrase "half open" is correct and usable in written English.
It is often used to describe something that is only partially open, as opposed to fully open or closed. Example: The door was left half open, allowing a cool breeze to enter the room.
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But then it is also a trapdoor already half open to the most devastating consequences.
Her eyes, though only half open, were alert and moved normally, and she was breathing easily.
It has a private roof deck, which is half enclosed and half open.
The new next-door neighbors leave the bedroom shades half open, day and night.
IF Gregory's window onto Korea was only half open, then mine was barely cracked.
I turned with my arms half open, to say goodbye to Igor.
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I had to use the bathroom, door was half open- there was dad- tossing off.
The door was half-open.
I am writing with half-open eyes.
It's half-open (or half-closed).
Graduate students were folded over microscopes, like half-open books.
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