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[ mid-at-lan-tik ] / ˈmɪd ætˈlæn tɪk /
adjectiveusing, manifesting, or characterized by a mixture of American and British behavior or speech. Words nearby mid-Atlanticmidafternoon, midair, Midamerica, Midas, Midas touch, mid-Atlantic, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Mid-Atlantic states, midazolam, midband, midbody Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for mid-AtlanticIn the Great Lakes, Mid-Atlantic, Plains, and Far West, secession sympathizers top out at 22 percent of the population. America’s Slumbering Secession Obsession|James Poulos|September 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST East coasters might be aware of a mild autumn breeze currently making landfall over the mid-Atlantic coast. America, Meet Sandy|Justin Green|October 29, 2012|DAILY BEAST He speaks in a strangely alienating and unattractive Mid-Atlantic English drawl. Monaco Princess's Gilded Cage|Tom Sykes|July 2, 2011|DAILY BEAST I fear on this there is no mid-Atlantic position where both sides can meet. The Lockerbie Outrage Gap|Katty Kay|August 20, 2009|DAILY BEAST
But the uproar over "The Prince and The Perv"—as the British headlines screamed—mysteriously drowned in the Mid-Atlantic. Jeffrey Epstein's Society Friends Close Ranks|Alexandra Wolfe|April 1, 2011|DAILY BEAST Such a gale overtook the Virtuous Lady, homeward bound, in mid-Atlantic. Shining Ferry|Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch I fancied that now we were bending eastward, out over the great basin pit of the mid-Atlantic area. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930|Various On board one of the emigrant steamships, the England, a very severe epidemic arose in mid-Atlantic in April. A History of Epidemics in Britain, Volume II (of 2)|Charles Creighton Its not often we pick up a man alive and drifting in mid-Atlantic. The Sorrows of Satan|Marie Corelli The voyage was uneventful except that I was nearly left behind in mid-Atlantic. A Labrador Doctor|Wilfred Thomason Grenfell
British Dictionary definitions for mid-Atlantic
adjectivecharacterized by a blend of British and American styles, elements, etca disc jockey's mid-Atlantic accent Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |