Crossword clues for quasi
quasi
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Quasi \Qua"si\ [L.] As if; as though; as it were; in a manner sense or degree; having some resemblance to; qualified; -- used as an adjective, or a prefix with a noun or an adjective; as, a quasi contract, an implied contract, an obligation which has arisen from some act, as if from a contract; a quasi corporation, a body that has some, but not all, of the peculiar attributes of a corporation; a quasi argument, that which resembles, or is used as, an argument; quasi historical, apparently historical, seeming to be historical.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
a. resembling or having a likeness to something
WordNet
adj. having some resemblance; "a quasi success"; "a quasi contract" [syn: quasi(a)]
Wikipedia
Quasi is an American indie rock band formed in Portland, Oregon in 1993 by former spouses Sam Coomes ( vocals, guitar, r ocksichord, various keyboards, bass) and Janet Weiss (vocals and drums). Joanna Bolme performed and recorded with the group as a bassist from 2007 to 2011.
Usage examples of "quasi".
TO THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES: In answer to the resolution of the Senate of the 19th instant requesting information concerning the quasi armistice alluded to in my message of the 4th instant, I transmit a report from the Secretary of the Navy.
Machines on the surface dug what looked to Jory like simple trenches, and unwound spools of the equivalent of barbed wire, long strands of polyphase matter, each displaying a quasi intelligence on the level of that of an ant or bee, programmed to entrap or at least delay berserker landing machines when they appeared.
Qui conviene confessare che, quantunque mercenarii, gli ufficiali stranieri parvero mortificati e quasi sul punto di prender parte alla difesa dei loro avversarii.
Pascham extitissent, nunc, versa vice, quasi agni vicissim facti sunt.
Originem Gothicam historiam fecit esse Romanam, colligens quasi in unam coronam germen floridum quod per librorum campos passim fuerat ante dispersum.
Finalmente, dopo aver tentennato alquanto e quasi alla disperazione, mi appoggiai fortemente al muro e lo sentii cedere alla mia spinta.
Attilio e Muzio ben conoscevano, come dissi, la sorte loro serbata e sapevano pure essere quasi impossibile che le donne potessero uscire dalla parte posteriore del lanificio.
I sent Quasi home this morning by lammergeier because he would have frozen to death otherwise.
In quasi tutte le coste del Mediterraneo vi sono torri di guardia, che servivano al tempo dei pirati barbareschi per dar avviso delle loro apparizioni.
Qui conviene confessare che, quantunque mercenarii, gli ufficiali stranieri parvero mortificati e quasi sul punto di prender parte alla difesa dei loro avversarii.
Francisco quasi semper fuerunt et cuncta certitudinaliter sciverint et probata ibi sint posita diligenter.
Consequently, we should be able to make the case to the Saudis that the establishment of an Arab-style democracy (or quasi democracy) in Iraq is merely a manifestation of the future they already know is fast approaching and could serve as a model for their own inevitable democratic reforms.
Their reasoning was that "the devise is quasi [370] an act of law, which shall inure without attornment, and shall make a sufficient privity, and so it may well be apportioned by this means.
Sicut cinnamomum et balsamum aromatizans odorem dedi et quasi myrrha electa dedi suavitatem odoris.
Molti lo avevano invidiato, alcuni l'avevano bramato, quasi tutti avevano provato piacere per la sua caduta in disgrazia.