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halfway

adjective adverb

equally distant from the extremes

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Word Facts

Word length
7
Starts with
H
Ends with
Y
Contains
AL
Scrabble score
19
CEFR level
C1

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adjective

  1. equally distant from the extremes

adjective

  1. including only half or a portion

    “halfway measures”

adjective

  1. at a point midway between two extremes

    “at the halfway mark”

adverb

  1. at half the distance; at the middle

    “he was halfway down the ladder when he fell”

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halfway measures
at the halfway mark
he was halfway down the ladder when he fell

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