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Definition of Halfway
1. Adjective. Equally distant from the extremes.
2. Adverb. At half the distance; at the middle. "He was halfway down the ladder when he fell"
3. Adjective. At a point midway between two extremes. "At the halfway mark"
4. Adjective. Including only half or a portion. "Halfway measures"
Definition of Halfway
1. adv. In the middle; at half the distance; imperfectly; partially; as, he halfway yielded.
2. a. Equally distant from the extremes; situated at an intermediate point; midway.
Definition of Halfway
1. Adverb. Half of the way between two points; midway. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Halfway
1. being in the middle [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Halfway
Literary usage of Halfway
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bookman (1908)
"HEWLETT'S "halfway HOUSE" * After Meredith—Hewlett! When, less than a year ago.
... The journey of exploration ends with halfway House—a comedy of degrees, ..."
2. Fur Seal Arbitration: Proceedings of the Tribunal of Arbitration, Convened by Bering Sea Tribunal of Arbitration (1895)
"Reef June 4. Reef 8. Southwest Bay anti Tolstoy 9. halfway Point 10. ...
15 Southwest Bay 16. English Bay and Tolstoy 17. halfway Point 18. ..."
3. The Historical Writings of John Fiske by John Fiske (1902)
"This theory, according to which a person might be a halfway member of the church, —
member enough for way CoY- political purposes, but not for reli- cn.mt ..."
4. The Great Crusade: Extracts from Speeches Delivered During the War by David Lloyd George (1918)
"But I warn the nation to watch the man who thinks that there is a halfway house
between victory and defeat. There is no halfway house between victory and ..."
5. The Vicar of Wakefield: Der Landprediger Von Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith (1857)
"I therefore walked back by the horse- way, which was five miles round, though
the footway was but two, and when got about halfway home, perceived the ..."
6. The Geographical and Historical Dictionary of America and the West Indies by Antonio de Alcedo, George Alexander Thompson (1812)
"32 re. and halfway rock s. 3 w. at the distance of 2f miles. The inner part of
Cat island is above two ... halfway rock, with the beacon from Cat island, ..."
7. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1920)
"... and was тегу positive and definite to the effect that the scaffold level was
about halfway up on the south gable windows and that the level thereof when ..."
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