semi-charmed UK /ˌsɛmiˈt͡ʃɑːmd/US /ˌsɛmiˈt͡ʃɑɹmd/ adjective1 •Lucky and pleasant but with some problems.For the next two years, Jewish artisans and textile workers in the Bialystok ghetto lived a semi-charmed existence, protected by the Wehrmacht against SS demands they be annihilated. — 1979