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midword

midword adverb: within a word.

Adverb

midword (not comparable)

  1. Within a word.
    • Wengelin (2005) found that her sample of adult dyslexic writers were more likely to pause midword[…]2008, Charles A. MacArthur, Steve Graham, Jill Fitzgerald, Handbook of Writing Research, page 74

Origin of midword

From mid- + word.

Questions about midword

What does midword mean?
Midword means within a word.
What part of speech is midword?
Midword is an adverb.

Words near midword in the dictionary

  1. Midwood
  2. midwoof
  3. midwoofer
  4. midwoofers
  5. midwoofs
  6. midword
  7. midwrithe
  8. midyear
  9. midyears
  10. midzonal
  11. midzone

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