halfwise meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

halfwise

adj

Etymology half + wise

Partly 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:

adv

Etymology half + -wise

Dialectal In 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:

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