half-satirical

Given the half-satirical/half-straight bent of the previous entries in the series, particularly the first, Williamson has plenty to draw from as he preps this new trilogy.

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My half-satirical reading of the sub-text of the ad was only half-satirical.

Gamers are Standing By 2006

But the ultimate fate of the bewitched Princess was never known, the story being arrested by a shout from the children as they caught sight of a tall, dark figure, half-concealed by a carved screen, and even in the dusk Bluebell discerned the expression of amused attention and half-satirical smile on his lips.

Bluebell A Novel Mrs. George Croft Huddleston

He noticed her sidelong half-satirical glance at it.

The Bent Twig Dorothy Canfield Fisher 1918

He remembered exactly how she had looked when he had been conjugating -- half-loving and half-satirical.

In the Wilderness Robert Smythe Hichens 1907

Carlsen's half-satirical sallies that, in the light of Sandy's revelation, showed the doctor considered himself the master of the situation, the winner of a game whose pieces were already on the board, though the players had not yet taken their places.

A Man to His Mate Stockton [Illustrator] Mulford 1906

In Fielding's case that kind was narrative of a peculiar sort, half-sentimental, half-satirical, and almost wholly sympathetic -- narrative which has the singular gift of portraying the liveliest character and yet of admitting the widest disgression and soliloquy.

The Works of Henry Fielding, Volume Six: Miscellanies 1900

A few minutes later he was among them, listening with his cool, half-satirical smile to their protestations of joy and relief, assailed by more questions than he could well answer in a day, his every expression a protest against their contention that he had done a brave and wonderful thing.

The Man from Brodney's George Barr McCutcheon 1897

Not dictatorially so, but with a humorous, half-satirical insistence that was very engaging.

Winding Paths Gertrude Page 1897

When the conversation turned to serious topics, her voice steadied perceptibly, the blue in her eyes took on a deeper and darker hue, the half-satirical smile vanished from her adorable lips, and she spoke with the gravity of a profound thinker.

Green Fancy George Barr McCutcheon 1897