mid|way

mid|way
mid|way «MIHD WAY», adjective, adverb, noun.
–adj.
in the middle; halfway: »

a midway position.

–adv.
halfway: »

midway between the hill and the city.

–n.
1. a middle way or course: »

no midway 'Twixt these extremes at all (Shakespeare).

2. a place for games, rides, and other amusements at a fair or exposition: »

the clamor and excitement of the midway.

[Old English midweg; (noun, def. 2) < the Midway Plaisance, a boulevard area, site of the amusements at the Columbian Exposition in 1893 at Chicago, Illinois]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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