halfwise

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adjective

Partly wise; having limited wisdom.

Scrabble 17
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Meanings

halfwise1

adjectivehalfwise (not comparable)
  1. not comparablePartly wise; having limited wisdom.

    You don't need to be overly wise. / One should only be halfwise. / The one with just enough wits / leads the best of lives.

    2014, The Poetic Edda, page 41

halfwise2

adverbhalfwise (not comparable)
  1. dialectalnot comparableIn half; into two halves.

    Big animal. Wouldn't all fit in the back, so we sawed it halfwise. Left the front for the bears. The hindquarters we took along.

    2018, Ashwin Sunder, Fear of Dreaming, page 331

Origin

halfwise · adjective

half + wise

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halfwise · adverb

half + -wise

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Cite this entry
APA

halfwise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/halfwise

MLA

“halfwise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/halfwise. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “halfwise,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/halfwise.

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