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To some degree; in some manner: quasi-stellar object.

[Latin quasi, as if. See quasi.]



is used in combination with a following noun to denote things that are seemingly or only partly entitled to the name, e.g. a quasi-conjunction, quasi-independent. The recommended pronunciation is kway-ziy rather than kwah-zi.

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