different between halfways vs halfway

halfways

English

Etymology

From halfway +? -s (adverbial suffix).

Adverb

halfways (not comparable)

  1. Half of the way between two points; midway.

See also

  • halfway

halfways From the web:



halfway

English

Etymology

From Middle English halfwey, from Old English healfwe? (half-way), equivalent to half- +? way. Cognate with Saterland Frisian hoolfwais (halfway), Dutch halfweg (halfway), German halbwegs (halfway), Danish halvvejs (halway), Swedish halvvägs (halfway).

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /hæfwe?/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /h??f?we?/

Adverb

halfway (not comparable)

  1. Half of the way between two points; midway.
  2. Moderately; somewhat.
    a halfway decent place to sleep

Derived terms

  • meet halfway

Translations

See also

  • halfways

halfway From the web:

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  • what's halfway between two places
  • what's halfway through the alphabet
  • what's halfway around the world from me
  • what's halfway through pregnancy
  • what's halfway house
  • what's halfway to myrtle beach
  • what's halfway through the year
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