midweek
/mˈɪdwˌik/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.92 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Midweek worship service, held by many congregations and in addition to a Sunday morning service.
Informal
adj
That happens in the middle of the week.
adv
In the middle of the week.
Example Sentences
- "In midweek, however, the stretch is reasonably quiet and I can conceal myself behind a clump of rushes and cast a big piece of luncheon meat on a link-leger rig right in the deep hole and let the current roll it under the roof."
- "Carol, who is responsible for two coaches, says the sleeping accommodation is virtually full - surprising for midweek in mid-April. The Train Manager confirms that the train is well-loaded overall, noting that people view the train as a tourist attraction in its own right."
- "This Wednesday is churchwide midweek; men's is the next one."
- "Cheap mid-week return tickets were reintroduced by British Railways on May 7, to encourage holiday travel during the week rather than at weekends."
- "I did not really wonder, after sampling the "Settebello's" standards of comfort and service, that even on a midweek day in autumn there was not a seat to spare, despite the cost."
- "Peter Dods was captain in the midweek games but, like Sole, the Gala fullback has also hung up his boots."