半ば
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Meanings
- middle, halfway, midway
- half (of), one half
- half (e.g. done, jokingly), partly, in part, partially
- mostly, almost, nearly
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His words were half joking and half serious.
The work is halfway done.
The project is in a state of being halfway completed.
She continued to challenge herself, while partly giving up.
From around the middle of summer, the mornings and evenings started to become cool.
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