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semiliterate definition

semi·lit·er·ate (-lit′ər it)

adjective

knowing how to read and write a little or knowing only how to read

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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