"halbwegs" meaning in German

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Adverb

Audio: De-halbwegs.ogg
Etymology: From halb + Weg with adverbial -s. Compare English halfway, Dutch halfweg. Etymology templates: {{compound|de|halb|Weg}} halb + Weg, {{af|de|-s}} -s, {{cog|en|halfway}} English halfway, {{cog|nl|halfweg}} Dutch halfweg Head templates: {{head|de|adverb||||am {{{2}}}|head=|sort=}} halbwegs, {{de-adv}} halbwegs
  1. (dated) halfway, at the halfway point Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-halbwegs-de-adv-1NVgcaXT
  2. (informal) reasonably, halfway, somewhat (not fully, but to an acceptable or appreciable degree) Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-halbwegs-de-adv-zFyjYAXS Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German terms suffixed with -s, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 8 92 Disambiguation of German terms suffixed with -s: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 100
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        "halfway, at the halfway point"
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        "(dated) halfway, at the halfway point"
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          "english": "In the afternoon, the wind died down somewhat.",
          "text": "Nachmittags hat sich der Wind halbwegs gelegt.",
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        {
          "english": "At least the food was reasonably cheap.",
          "text": "Immerhin war das Essen halbwegs preiswert.",
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