as in halfway
in some measure or degree
the construction project is only partially complete
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Recent Examples of partially
Playing from partially behind a tree on the seventh hole, Rory McIlroy missed the right side of the fairway with a high shot that ricocheted off the back of his father’s leg on the way down.
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Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
That is partially because, unlike the particles that account for that everyday matter, dark matter doesn't interact with electromagnetic radiation, light to you and me.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 10 Apr. 2026
Hope, notably, is also Na’s first film told partially in English with a mixed Korean and Hollywood cast.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 9 Apr. 2026
As his son was lying partially paralyzed in a hospital bed, Ozog got a call from a colleague who had an unconventional suggestion.
—Lynne Peeples, Scientific American, 26 Mar. 2026
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Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
That is partially because, unlike the particles that account for that everyday matter, dark matter doesn't interact with electromagnetic radiation, light to you and me.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 10 Apr. 2026
Hope, notably, is also Na’s first film told partially in English with a mixed Korean and Hollywood cast.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 9 Apr. 2026
As his son was lying partially paralyzed in a hospital bed, Ozog got a call from a colleague who had an unconventional suggestion.
—Lynne Peeples, Scientific American, 26 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for partially
Adverb
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The company expected to be nearly halfway to its goal of 25,000 new jobs in the area by 2038.—
Kendall Staton,
Washington Post,
20 Apr. 2026
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The two are so silly, so loopily in synch, that the scene, which occurs halfway through the second act, lifts the entire show, giving it a buoyancy that has been lacking during its exposition-heavy beginning.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
20 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Skies will partly to mostly cloudy throughout the day with a wind out of the northwest at 10 to 15 mph.—
Steven Sosna,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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The ceiling was noticeably bowed, and the floor was partly rotted.—
Emma Green,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Partially.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/partially. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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