halfway decent
idiom
: fairly good
I'm willing to eat anywhere as long as the food is halfway decent.
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With seasonal specials and special episodes of Your Favorite Shows and seemingly every halfway decent big-screen holiday movie of the last 30 years hauled out to run in a loop on cable TV, the only defense is surrender.
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Robert Lloyd, Boston Herald, 28 Nov. 2024
Randle has largely been a floor-raiser rather than a ceiling-raiser, somebody who can generate a ton of halfway decent shots with limited turnover risk but isn’t going to set any efficiency records.
—Fred Katz, The Athletic, 5 Aug. 2024
Morgan and Joanne have seemingly never met even a halfway decent guy in their lives.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024
Now, with Jameis Winston under center and operating an offense that looks halfway decent, this young receiver has a chance to take off.
—Jesse Reed, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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Robert Lloyd, Boston Herald, 28 Nov. 2024
Randle has largely been a floor-raiser rather than a ceiling-raiser, somebody who can generate a ton of halfway decent shots with limited turnover risk but isn’t going to set any efficiency records.
—Fred Katz, The Athletic, 5 Aug. 2024
Morgan and Joanne have seemingly never met even a halfway decent guy in their lives.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024
Now, with Jameis Winston under center and operating an offense that looks halfway decent, this young receiver has a chance to take off.
—Jesse Reed, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Halfway decent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/halfway%20decent. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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