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semiliterate

adjective

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Able to read and write only at a limited or elementary level.

The fictional memoir describes a semiliterate narrator learning to read longer texts.

Dictionary practice example.

A semiliterate character in a fictional market account can read simple labels and write familiar names but struggles with extended written instructions.

From Building Confidence in Reading.

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