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[ haf-wey, hahf- ] / ˈhæfˈweɪ, ˈhɑf- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR halfway ON THESAURUS.COM
adverbto half the distance; to midpoint: The rope reaches only halfway. almost; nearly; just about: He halfway surrendered to their demands. adjectivemidway, as between two places or points. going to or covering only half or part of the full extent: halfway measures. Idioms for halfwaymeet halfway, to compromise with; give in partially to: They didn't comply with all our demands, but met us halfway on the more important points.
Origin of halfwayFirst recorded in 1350–1400, halfway is from Middle English half wei. See half, way1 Words nearby halfwayhalf twist, half-used, half volley, half-wave plate, half-wave rectifier, halfway, halfway house, half Wellington, half-wit, half-witted, half-year Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for halfwayI meet Otis J. the night he arrives at “The Castle,” a West Harlem halfway house for newly-released convicts. His First Day Out Of Jail After 40 Years: Adjusting To Life Outside|Justin Rohrlich|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST Halfway through his second term, Johnson has enjoyed a charmed life. Boris Johnson’s Churchill Man Crush|Michael F. Bishop|November 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST Halfway to the park, the hustle of Goma and outlying villages faded behind him. A Belgian Prince, Gorillas, Guerrillas & the Future of the Congo|Nina Strochlic|November 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST Halfway through the game, I was fighting an enormous manta ray sort of thing while on my way to Hell. Bayonetta Is Nintendo’s Graphic, Ass-Kicking Barbie|Alec Kubas-Meyer|October 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But my vote sort of drifted to Zack halfway through the series. Nigel Lythgoe on How to Save Reality TV, ‘On the Town,’ and ‘Brokeback Ballroom’|Kevin Fallon|October 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST Buck snarled like a dog and swatted the glass with his hand, knocking it halfway across the room. Before he was halfway across the kitchen I had overtaken him. The War of the Worlds|H. G. Wells But they tugged away at the anchor windlass till the flukes let go the bottom and the anchor was halfway up. The Last of the Flatboats|George Cary Eggleston Those who see but halfway into our true interest, will think that that concurs with the views of the other party. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson|Thomas Jefferson But she might have saved herself the trouble, because when she was halfway through the narrative he interrupted her. The Man Who Knew|Edgar Wallace
British Dictionary definitions for halfway
adverb, adjectiveat or to half the distance; at or to the middle in or of an incomplete manner or nature meet halfway to compromise with Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with halfwayThe American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Words related to halfwaytransitional, intermediate, limited, moderately, partly, somewhat, slightly, partially, at least, heart, midst, intervening, medium, central, center, fair, average, median, middling, standard |