middle course
middle course noun: a middle way or manner; a mean or middle path between extremes.
Noun
middle course (plural middle courses)
- A middle way or manner; a mean or middle path between extremes.
- He slept the sleep of the just, with just that gentle whisper of a snore which Aristotle hints at to prove that virtue being, as she must be, in the mean, doth in the neutral third of life maintain a middle course between loud snore and silent slumber.1876, R[ichard] D[oddridge] Blackmore, “So is Mr. Sharp”, in Cripps, the Carrier. A Woodland Tale. […], volume I, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, […], →OCLC, page 169
- There was no middle course for Richard's comrades between high friendship or absolute slavery. He was deficient in those cosmopolite habits and feelings which enable boys and men to hold together without caring much for each other; and, like every insulated mortal, he attributed the deficiency, of...1859, George Meredith, chapter 15, in The Ordeal of Richard Feverel. A History of Father and Son. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- midway
Examples of middle course in a sentence
- There was no middle course for Richard's comrades between high friendship or absolute slavery.1859, George Meredith, chapter 15, in The Ordeal of Richard Feverel. A History of Father and Son. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to...
- Wisdom, becried on either hand, will steer very nicely a middle course between these extremes; allowing here, forbidding there.1909, Harrington Sainsbury, Drugs and the drug habit:
- But for men of principle and honour and straightforward thought there could be no middle course and no paltering with petty issues of party or parochial advantage.1918 February 1, Daniel Desmond Sheehan, “Why I Joined The Army”, in Daily Express, London:
Synonyms of middle course
Forms of middle course
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Questions about middle course
- What does middle course mean?
- Middle course means a middle way or manner; a mean or middle path between extremes.
- How do you use middle course in a sentence?
- There was no middle course for Richard's comrades between high friendship or absolute slavery.
- What part of speech is middle course?
- Middle course is a noun.
- What is the plural of middle course?
- The plural of middle course is middle courses.
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