I. ˈmidˌwā noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English midweg, from midd, midde mid + weg way — more at mid , way
1. obsolete : the middle of the way or distance
paths indirect, or in the midway faint — John Milton
2. archaic : a middle way or course
all good things keep the midway of the eternal deep — R.W.Emerson
3.
[from the Midway ( Plaisance ), a section of a park in Chicago which became the site of the amusement section of the Columbian Exposition of 1893]
a. : an avenue or area at a fair, exposition, carnival, or amusement park along which or in which are concessions for exhibitions of curiosities, games of chance, scenes from foreign life, merry-go-rounds and other rides, and other light amusements
b. : the amusements in a midway that constitute one of the divisions into which the attractions of a fair, exposition, or amusement park are grouped
c. : the buildings, tents, enclosures, and other structures in a midway with the exhibits and amusement devices contained in them
4. : a place (as a street or highway) likened to a midway on account of bright lights (as of advertising signs) or of the nature of the places of business or amusement along its course
II. ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adverb
: in the middle of the way or distance : halfway
midway between reform and revolution — John Strachey
midway up the mountain — Rafael Sabatini
stopped midway for a light meal
III. adjective
1.
a. : occupying an intermediate position : situated between those parts or those things or beings of the same class that are at or near the extremes
the midway air — Shakespeare
b. : being in the middle of the way or distance
2. : intermediate between extremes
IV. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ preposition
1. : in the middle of : about halfway along
2. : about halfway between