in-betweeny
English
editEtymology
editFrom in-between + -y.
Adjective
editin-betweeny (comparative more in-betweeny, superlative most in-betweeny)
- (informal) Of or pertaining to an in-between state.
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Noun
editin-betweeny (plural in-betweenies)
- (informal) Something in an in-between or intermediate state.
- 1991, Stephanie Anne Lloyd, Sandra Sedgbeer, Stephanie: A Girl in a Million, Ebury Press, →ISBN, page 100:
- I was an in-betweeny, neither one thing nor the other, and though on the one hand it was frustrating and at times even made me feel freakish, there were also many occasions when my situation gave me cause for amusement.
- 2010, Peter Cheverton, Building the Value Machine: Transforming Your Business Through Collaborative Customer Partnerships, Kogan Page, →ISBN, page 129:
- A suboptimal outcome usually results when a business vacillates between the two – becoming an 'in-betweeny' – or where there are tensions between key functions, pulling in opposite directions through their allegiance to different strategies.