Definition of Middle-of-the-road

1. Adjective. Supporting or pursuing a course of action that is neither liberal nor conservative.

Exact synonyms: Centrist
Similar to: Center
Derivative terms: Centrist

2. Adjective. Not extreme, especially in political views.
Similar to: Moderate

Definition of Middle-of-the-road

1. Adjective. (alternative spelling of middle of the road) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Middle-of-the-road

middies
midding
middle
middle(a)
middle-aged
middle-aged man
middle-click
middle-clicked
middle-clicking
middle-clicks
middle-ear deafness
middle-end
middle-finger
middle-level
middle-of-the-road (current term)
middle-of-the-roader
middle-of-the-roadness
middle-sized
middle Atlantic
middle C
middle C's
middle Cs
middle age
middle atlantoepistrophic joint
middle axillary line
middle bodies
middle body
middle buster
middle cardiac vein

Literary usage of Middle-of-the-road

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1912)
"It became necessary to remove these poles from the middle of the road, as they interfered with the ordinary traveling thereon. The road commissioners, under ..."

2. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1899)
"The " Middle-of-the-Road " Populists held their State convention in Des Moines, Aug. 19. The platform declared in favor of the principles of the national ..."

3. From Harrison to Harding: A Personal Narrative, Covering a Third of a by Arthur Wallace Dunn (1922)
"... a Wonderful Gathering—Politicians Force Bryan's Nomination on the New Party—"Middle of the Road" Slogan Fails— Allen of Nebraska the Man of the Hour. ..."

4. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"In this way, a firm surface will be obtained which will readily care for any surface and subsoil water. middle of the road is used in soils in which the ..."

5. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1884)
"five me eightpence change in coppers, as dropped in the middle of the road, where he left me a-standin', with cabs and 'busses all about a-shouting to me, ..."

6. An Encyclopædia of Agriculture: Comprising the Theory and Practice of the by John Claudius Loudon (1831)
"In this case, then, they would be nine inches deep on the sides, and twelve on the middle ; and as it is evident that the middle of the road, where the ..."

7. Remarks on the Present System of Road Making: With Observations Deduced from by John Loudon McAdam (1822)
"... 'without interrupting, or being in danger of accidents from light carriages, which is the case when they are driving upon the middle of the road; ..."

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