midmost

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As in the ocean's midmost depth no wave is born, But all is still, so let the monk be still, be Motionless, and nowhere should he swell.

From Time Magazine Archive

Except that it soon mentions things unmentionable in the 1870's, Hatter's Castle starts off like a midmost Victorian novel.

From Time Magazine Archive

The midmost stood somewhat forward from the others and sundered from them, an island in the waters, about which the flowing River flung pale shimmering arms.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

"Nay, this is not Amata's home, the dowry house," he saith, "Nor yet doth Ardea's midmost wall hold kindred Turnus in: The foeman's camp thou seest, wherefrom thou hast no might to win."

From The Æneids of Virgil Done into English Verse by Morris, William

But he had only held this latter post for eleven years, and the midmost of his career was occupied with quite different work.

From A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) by Saintsbury, George