middleroad

noun
UK /ˌmɪdl ˈrəʊd/
US /ˌmɪdl ˈroʊd/

A way of doing something that is not too much and not too little.

Mom took the middleroad and let us have one cookie each.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. A path that runs between two other paths.

The middleroad through the park is the shortest way home.

3. A choice that both sides can accept.

The two friends found a middleroad about which game to play.

4. Avoiding extremes in how you act or decide.

His middleroad approach kept the meeting calm.