Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In or toward the middle.
- Situated in or toward the middle.
- noun The middle part.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In or toward the midst.
- adjective Situated in the middle.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In or toward the
midst .
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Examples
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As the spokes stick, one end in the felly, and the other in the nave, and the spoke is midward, equally near to both, though one end be fixed in the nave and the other in the felly; so are the middle class of men in the middle of the spokes, and the better nearer to the nave, and the most numerous class nearer to the fellies.
Archive 2007-02-01 Mary Kate Hurley 2007
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Of the midward time and the fading and the last of the latter days,
The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs William Morris 1865
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And fadeth from its midward and groweth poor and vile: --
The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs William Morris 1865
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Of the midward time and the fading and the last of the latter days,
The Story of Sigurd the Volsung William Morris 1865
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And fadeth from its midward and groweth poor and vile: --
The Story of Sigurd the Volsung William Morris 1865
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So saying, she dragged herself painfully to the midward of the platform, despairing to escape alive from so fierce a heat; and not once, but a thousand times, over and above her other torments, she thought to swoon for thirst, still weeping and bemoaning her illhap.
The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio Giovanni Boccaccio 1344
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