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adverb

Halfway adv. In the middle; at half the distance; imperfectly; partially; as, he halfway yielded. "Temples proud to meet their gods halfway."

adjective

Halfway adj.

Equally distant from the extremes; situated at an intermediate point; midway; as, at the halfway mark.

Synonyms: center(prenominal), middle(prenominal), midway.

Partial.

Including only half or a portion; incomplete; as, halfway measures.

Halfway covenant, a practice among the Congregational churches of New England, between 1657 and 1662, of permitting baptized persons of moral life and orthodox faith to enjoy all the privileges of church membership, save the partaking of the Lord's Supper. They were also allowed to present their children for baptism.

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"Halfway" Quotes from Famous Books

... lowest rates. Nevertheless, Tina did make a pretty water-colour sketch. But a man who begins sliding down a hill such as there is around Como, never can tell exactly where he is going to bring up. He may stop halfway, or he may go head first into the lake. If it were to be set down here that within a certain space of time Standish did not care one continental objurgation whether Tina was a princess or a char-woman, the statement would simply not be believed, ...

— Revenge! • by Robert Barr

... form is almost exactly twice as long as that of the short-styled. The stigma stands in the mouth of the corolla or projects just above it, and is thus externally visible. It stands high above the anthers, which are situated halfway down the tube and cannot be easily seen. In the short-styled form the anthers are attached near the mouth of the tube, and therefore stand above the stigma, which is seated in about the middle of the tubular ...

— The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species • Charles Darwin

... Halfway around the world, we are engaged in a great struggle in the skies and on the seas and sands. We know why we're there. We are Americans—part of something larger ...

— State of the Union Addresses of George H.W. Bush • George H.W. Bush

... Good-bye, then! You promised to cleave to me through thick and thin 'till death did us part.' I'll have no halfway business," and he turned on his heel, and without looking back he pushed his way through the crowd, which chatted and fussed and never even noted the passing of a ...

— Told in a French Garden - August, 1914 • Mildred Aldrich

... appreciate the drift of a question. This latter characteristic, I fear, often disconcerted disputants, who objected to leave their nicely turned periods incomplete because he had grasped the point involved before they were halfway through a sentence; but his delight in finding this same rapidity of thought in others was great, and I remember his instancing it as a ...

— The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke V1 • Stephen Gwynn

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