A course or state which avoids extremes; a compromise. Phrase no middle way. Cf. via media at via, n. 3a.

A medium, a middle course or state. Obsolete.

Chiefly with the. The desirable middle ground between two extremes, (originally) esp. that between extremes of behaviour or emotion. Cf. happy medium…

= middle way, n. 2a.

A middle course or mode of procedure.

A course or state between two extremes; = middle way, n. 2a.

A way of thinking or a solution to a problem that takes an alternative or middle course with respect to two pre-existing or traditional approaches.

The middle of a stream. Also figurative.

A course or state between two extremes; a middle way.

A course or state between two extremes; = middle way, n. 2a.

= middle ground, n. 3.

A happy medium; the golden mean; judicious moderation, esp. in politics.

via media, a middle way; an intermediate course or state. Hence via-medialism n. (see quot. 1881).

A (metaphorical) place or position halfway between extremes; an area or position of moderation or possible compromise. Cf. mid-ground, n. 1.