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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Half-wayadverb

    In the middle.

    Etymology: half and way.

    Fearless he sees, who is with virtue crown’d,
    The tempest rage, and hears the thunder sound;
    Ever the same, let fortune smile or frown:
    Serenely as he liv’d resigns his breath;
    Meets destiny half-way, nor shrinks at death. George Granville.

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  1. Half Way

    Half Way is an unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States. Half Way is located along the Greenbrier River 3 miles east-northeast of Alderson.

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  1. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'half way' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2977

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of half way in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of half way in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of half way in a Sentence

  1. Brian Murphy:

    About half way through ... I'm thinking, 'When are you going to be done shooting me?'.

  2. Cliona Ni Chualain:

    It is like a second Christmas half way through the year.

  3. Douglas Gerald:

    Some people are so fond of ill-luck that they run half- way to meet it.

  4. Douglas Jerrold:

    Some people are so fond of ill-luck that they run half-way to meet it.

  5. Lopez Obrador:

    The objective is that we stop buying foreign gasoline by the half way point of my six-year term, we are going to immediately revive our oil activity, exploration and the drilling of wells so we have crude oil.


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