félig-meddig

Hungarian

Etymology

félig (“half”) +‎ meddig (“far; long”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfeːliɡmɛdːiɡ]
  • Hyphenation: fé‧lig-‧med‧dig
  • Rhymes: -iɡ

Adverb

félig-meddig

  1. half, halfway, partly, partially, somewhat, more or less, to some extent
    Félig-meddig ismerősnek tűnik. ― He looks half-familiar.
    Félig-meddig elkészültem a pakolással. ― I am halfway through packing.

Further reading

  • félig-meddig in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
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