middleway

1 of 2

adverb

: midway, halfway

middle way

2 of 2

noun

1

: a course of action, mode of conduct, or policy for action or conduct between two extremes: such as

a

usually capitalized M&W : middle path

b

: a system of democratic economy between individualism and socialism

2

obsolete : the middle of one's way

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