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midweek

[ noun mid-week, -week; adjective mid-week ]

/ noun ˈmɪdˈwik, -ˌwik; adjective ˈmɪdˌwik /

noun

the middle of the week.

(initial capital letter) (among the Quakers) Wednesday.

adjective

of, relating to, or occurring in the middle of the week.

Origin of midweek

First recorded in 1700–10; mid- + week

Words nearby midweek

midwall column, midwatch, midway, midway island, battle of, midway islands, midweek, midweekly, midwest, midwest city, midwestern, midwesterner

Example sentences from the Web for midweek

Their leader, Aleksey Mozgovoy, visited Moscow midweek and met with Russian officials, although not with Putin.

Putin Can Take Ukraine Without an Invasion, and Probably Will |Jamie Dettmer |April 12, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Midweek, Boehner switched gears to play offense with a Plan B that would have prevented tax hikes for 99.5 percent of Americans.

As Plan B Fails, GOP Imperils Fiscal Cliff Deal, Boehner’s Speakership |John Avlon |December 21, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Midweek, Mercury retreads over the Sun and Venus in Leo, so best-laid plans will be as solid as a sandcastle in the incoming tide.

The Stars Predict Your Week |Starsky + Cox |August 13, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
But by midweek, rogue Mercury gets you thinking that perhaps the distress call is indeed coming from inside the house.

What the Stars Hold for Your Week, June 26-July 2, 2011 |Starsky + Cox |June 26, 2011 |DAILY BEAST

By the time the Moon opposes Neptune in Pisces, midweek, you already see through mercenaries masquerading as paragons of virtue.

Zodiac Beast |Starsky + Cox |April 9, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
And then, at midweek, I was rudely shocked to the suspicion that all might not be going well with his plan.

Ruggles of Red Gap |Harry Leon Wilson
Letting the midweek matinée slip by, he made the plunge on a Thursday.

What's-His-Name |George Barr McCutcheon
He happened to be engaged, at that time, in drawing several illustrations for a paper called the Midweek Magazine.

The Dark Star |Robert W. Chambers
Midweek, went again, and found Mrs. Alden there, who quickly went out.

The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. IX (of X) - America - I |Various
Midweek, things wore along dully enough, but over Sunday came drink and ructions.

The Book of Susan |Lee Wilson Dodd

British Dictionary definitions for midweek

midweek

/ (ˈmɪdˈwiːk) /

noun

the middle of the week
(as modifier)a midweek holiday

Derived forms of midweek

midweekly, adjective