: midway between two points
At length the cat steps halfway out the door, showing his spotted brown coat and the stripes on his legs.—
Paul Comstock
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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Elaine Mallon, The Washington Examiner, 13 June 2025
Hutchinson received the ball on halfway, turned and drove through the centre of the pitch.
—Art De Roché, New York Times, 13 June 2025
Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 1 June 2025
Heading into next week, Combs’ trial is nearing the halfway point as the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York moves its case into the final stretch before handing things over to the defense.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 31 May 2025
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Adverb
The tower, which belongs to WAMU-FM and stands approximately 321 feet tall, became the center of emergency activity after the man was spotted on a platform about halfway up at around 3 p.m. Tuesday.
—Elaine Mallon, The Washington Examiner, 13 June 2025
Hutchinson received the ball on halfway, turned and drove through the centre of the pitch.
—Art De Roché, New York Times, 13 June 2025
Adjective
As murder defendant Karen Read rounds the corner on the halfway point of her second trial, the crippling weight of unpaid legal bills could be alleviated by an unlikely source: online crowdfunding.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 1 June 2025
Heading into next week, Combs’ trial is nearing the halfway point as the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York moves its case into the final stretch before handing things over to the defense.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 31 May 2025
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“Halfway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/halfway. Accessed 18 Jun. 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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