mid-Atlantic

[ mid-at-lan-tik ]

adjective

1. using, manifesting, or characterized by a mixture of American and British behavior or speech.

mid-Atlantic

adjective

1. characterized by a blend of British and American styles, elements, etc

   a disc jockey's mid-Atlantic accent

Example Sentences

In the Great Lakes, Mid-Atlantic, Plains, and Far West, secession sympathizers top out at 22 percent of the population.

From The Daily Beast

East coasters might be aware of a mild autumn breeze currently making landfall over the mid-Atlantic coast.

From The Daily Beast

He speaks in a strangely alienating and unattractive Mid-Atlantic English drawl.

From The Daily Beast

But the uproar over "The Prince and The Perv"—as the British headlines screamed—mysteriously drowned in the Mid-Atlantic.

From The Daily Beast

He is the winner of the James Beard Foundation's prestigious Best Chef Mid-Atlantic Award 2009 and is the next Iron Chef.

From The Daily Beast

The storm is a gale situated in mid-Atlantic with a certain latitude and longitude, and the cook is in the kitchen.

From Project Gutenberg

If the mid-Atlantic waters had been strange to Columbus and his men, here before Magellan's people all was thrice unknown.

From Project Gutenberg

The voyage was uneventful except that I was nearly left behind in mid-Atlantic.

From Project Gutenberg

Meantime, there was no news of David; he had gone as utterly as a ship foundered in mid-Atlantic.

From Project Gutenberg

The crew of a Greek vessel were taken from their foundering ship in mid-Atlantic under circumstances of great peril.

From Project Gutenberg