Synonyms:
center(a), halfway, middle(a), midway
Meaning: equally distant from the extremes
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meaning of the word
Synonyms:
halfway, midway
Meaning: at half the distance; at the middle; "he was halfway down the ladder when he fell"
Usage examples
But Athens itself he could not see, for purple AEgina stood before it, midway across the sea.
But if she flies onward and perishes midway, then do ye turn back; for it is better to yield to the immortals.
Midway of the sleeves were fine, individual wrinkles made by the movements of her arms in working for his comfort and pleasure.
Smith-Oldwick fired his pistol twice when he too was struck down, the weapon entering his right leg midway between hip and knee.
Now we descend by stairways such as these; Mount thou in front, for I will be midway, So that the tail may have no power to harm thee."
Three times one of the birds has alighted thus--first upon the right shoulder, then upon the left, and then midway between--upon the spot where the head should be!
The plantation is long in shape, straggling over a space of about half an acre, the largest and strongest-coloured group being in an open clearing about midway in the length.
The shell entered the starboard-bow of the pursuing boat, about midway between her gunwale and her water-line; and immediately, to our great surprise, there was a violent explosion on board her.
As it struck midway between superstructure and stern it burst into brilliant flame, releasing upon the night an electric-blue glare that must have been visible from any point within the compass of the horizon.
And now, as he returned home after the tragedy, about midway in his walk across the downs, the thought came upon him that the breaking off of his engagement might have been sufficient reason in an affected mind for suicide.