: midway between two points
At length the cat steps halfway out the door, showing his spotted brown coat and the stripes on his legs.—
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Paul Comstock1
: midway between two points
at the halfway point/mark
2
: partial
a halfway solution
Examples of halfway in a Sentence
Adjective
She was leading at the halfway mark of the race.
We're halfway toward completing the project.
They're only offering halfway measures, not a real solution.
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Adverb
To sprout your sweet potatoes, bury them halfway in a container of moist potting soil, such as in a pot or an aluminum baking tray.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 7 Oct. 2025
From there, the 32-year-old kingpin stands accused of threatening a Bollywood superstar, murdering a pop icon, and orchestrating a political assassination halfway across the world.
—Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
Philadelphia also conceivably could reach the halfway point with a perfect record.
—Mike Jones, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
The production on Life Is…Too $hort, handled by Too $hort himself, is the halfway point between Detroit techno and L.A. G-funk, hard and minimal and trunk-rattling, directly influencing the hyphy scene that would define the Bay Area two decades later.
—Pitchfork, 30 Sep. 2025
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“Halfway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/halfway. Accessed 11 Oct. 2025.
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halfway
adjective
half·way
-ˈwā 
1
: midway between two points
stop at the halfway mark
2
: partial sense 3
halfway measures
halfway
adverb
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