halfway decent
idiom
: fairly good
I'm willing to eat anywhere as long as the food is halfway decent.
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That could mean a halfway decent port of Grand Theft Auto VI could work on the console without the need for the weird streaming solutions or significant graphical downgrades that characterize some current Switch ports.
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Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 5 Dec. 2023
Those days are over, and most halfway decent liquor stores carry at least one brand of cassis.
—Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 30 Dec. 2023
Any halfway decent Swiftie will recognize this brick wall from Tay’s other New York hangs, but more importantly, Brittany’s pics are awash in that particular autumnal filter the pop star uses on some of her snaps with friends.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 8 Nov. 2023
The expectations on most of us in those years don’t go far beyond going to college or getting a job or being halfway decent citizens who don’t embarrass our families.
—Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 11 Sep. 2023
In Arnold, Schwarzenegger finally offers a halfway decent apology for his actions.
—Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 5 June 2023
Saw perhaps fell into a Terminator Trap, whereby lousy sequels soured the audience for when an actually halfway decent installment arrived.
—Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 23 May 2021
In Arnold, Schwarzenegger finally offers a halfway decent apology for his actions.
—Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 5 June 2023
With a current $14.1 million domestic and $39.7 million worldwide total, including a halfway decent $12 million in China, Warner Bros. is hoping for a repeat of The Croods: A New Age.
—Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021
Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 5 Dec. 2023
Those days are over, and most halfway decent liquor stores carry at least one brand of cassis.
—Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 30 Dec. 2023
Any halfway decent Swiftie will recognize this brick wall from Tay’s other New York hangs, but more importantly, Brittany’s pics are awash in that particular autumnal filter the pop star uses on some of her snaps with friends.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 8 Nov. 2023
The expectations on most of us in those years don’t go far beyond going to college or getting a job or being halfway decent citizens who don’t embarrass our families.
—Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 11 Sep. 2023
In Arnold, Schwarzenegger finally offers a halfway decent apology for his actions.
—Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 5 June 2023
Saw perhaps fell into a Terminator Trap, whereby lousy sequels soured the audience for when an actually halfway decent installment arrived.
—Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 23 May 2021
In Arnold, Schwarzenegger finally offers a halfway decent apology for his actions.
—Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 5 June 2023
With a current $14.1 million domestic and $39.7 million worldwide total, including a halfway decent $12 million in China, Warner Bros. is hoping for a repeat of The Croods: A New Age.
—Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021
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