Halfway Definition

hăfwā, häf-
adjective
Equally distant between two points, conditions, etc.; midway.
Webster's New World
Reaching or including only half or a portion; partial.
Halfway measures.
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Incomplete; partial.
Halfway measures.
Webster's New World
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adverb
Half the distance; to the midway point.
Webster's New World
Incompletely; partially.
Webster's New World

Moderately; somewhat.

A halfway decent place to sleep.
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Origin of Halfway

  • From Middle English halfwey, from Old English healfweg (“half-way”), equivalent to half- +‎ way. Cognate with Dutch halfweg (“halfway”).

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Halfway Sentence Examples

  • He climbed halfway up before he heard what sounded like a sob from behind him.

  • She couldn't remember the last time she felt halfway decent.

  • There was no one but the maid, who was halfway down the stairs.

  • She passed the halfway point and forced herself to keep going.

  • Driven from Subiaco by the jealousy and molestations of a neighbouring priest, but leaving behind him communities in his twelve monasteries, he himself, accompanied by a small band of disciples, journeyed south until he came to Cassino, a town halfway between Rome and Naples.

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