(adv)halfway, See Also:in between, in the meantime, midway, Syn.กลางทาง, Example:โฆษกหยุดพูดกลางคันในขณะที่ผู้ฟังกำลังฟังอยู่, Thai Definition:ในระหว่างเหตุการณ์, ในระหว่างที่ยังไม่เสร็จ
a. Equally distant from the extremes; situated at an intermediate point; midway; as, at the halfway mark. [ wns=1 ] Syn. -- center(prenominal), middle(prenominal), midway. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. partial. [ wns=2 ] [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]
3. including only half or a portion; incomplete; as, halfway measures. [ wns=3 ] [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]
Halfway covenant, a practice among the Congregational churches of New England, between 1657 and 1662, of permitting baptized persons of moral life and orthodox faith to enjoy all the privileges of church membership, save the partaking of the Lord's Supper. They were also allowed to present their children for baptism. [ 1913 Webster ]
1. an inn or place of call midway on a journey. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. A residence for former convicts, persons recovering from mental illness, or from drug or alcohol addiction, serving as an intermediate environment between total confinement and complete freedom, and having structured programs designed to ease successful reintegration into society. [ PJC ]
[きこのいきおい, kikonoikioi](exp) having no choice but to carry on; having no choice but to go on; unable to change one's course of action; a man riding a tiger cannot disembark halfway through[Add to Longdo]